BODRUM CASTLE
Bodrum Castle between the two ports, three sides are built on a rocky peninsula surrounded by the sea. It is attached to land from the northern side. The castle shows a plan close to the square. It measures 180 x 185 meters. The highest point is the French tower at an altitude of 47.50 meters above sea level.
This tower other than English, Italian, there are four towers, including the German Serpentine tower towers. The sections of the fortress outside the eastern wall were reinforced with double-wall walls. Because the knights had a strong navy in the sea, they believed that they would ward off an offensive from the sea, they left the sea walls weak and strengthened the walls on the land side.
Mausoleum
The construction of the Mausoleum, considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world, began during the reign of the Carian satrap Mavsolos (estimated at 355 BC) after the death of his sister and at the same time continued the construction of his wife Artemissia. This work is a giant monumental tomb, which is a 46-meter-tall, 21-meter pyramid with a triumphal carriage at the top, decorated with 36 columns in the Ionic order.
The ancient grave preserved until the 13th century BC was first destroyed by an earthquake and then its stones were used in the construction of the Bodrum Castle. In addition, many reliefs and sculptures of this tomb were taken to the British Museum by British Archaeologist C. Newton in 1856. Therefore, most of the monuments belonging to this monument are exhibited in the British Museum, but very few are exhibited in Bodrum.
