Bodrum
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Bodrum (ancient name: Halicarnassus; older English name: Budrum) is a Turkish port in Muğla Province in a part of Asia Minor known in ancient times as Caria. It is on the Bodrum Peninsula, near the northwest entrance to the Gulf of Gökova, and faces the Greek island of Kos.
Under the Persian Empire, it was nominally a satrapy; its location ensured the city enjoyed considerable autonomy.
In ancient times, it was known as Halicarnassus. Mausolus made the city his capital. When he died in 353 BC, his wife, Artemisia, employed the Greek architects Satyros and Pithios, and the sculptor Scopas to build a monument to him, the first Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The Knights of Rhodes built the castle of St. Peter starting in 1402 and held it until 1522, when Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent took it by storm.
By the mid-1980s, Bodrum became an important tourist resort in Turkey, along with Marmaris, Çesme, Kuşadasi, Antalya, and Alanya.
See also
- Bodrum Castle
- Halicarnassus (for ancient history)
- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
External links
- Pictures of the city and the fortress/museum (http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/bodrum)