Bodrum
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Bodrum (Template:Lang-tr from Petronium; formerly Halicarnassus (Template:Lang-tr, Ancient Greek: Αλικαρνασσός)) is a Turkish port in Muğla Province. It is on the Bodrum Peninsula, near the northwest entrance to the Gulf of Gökova, and faces the Greek island of Kos. Today, it is a center of tourism and yachting. It is the ancient Halicarnassus of Caria, renowned for the Mausoleum of Mausolus.
The town is a tourist resort for northern Europeans due to its coastline and night-life (Bodrum has been humorously referred to as the "Bedroom of Europe").[citation needed] A few hundred thousand tourists visit Bodrum annually.[citation needed] The current population is 32,227 (2000 census).
A football team, Bodrumspor, was founded here in 1931.
A fishing village until the early 1970s, Bodrum is built on the ruins of ancient Halicarnassus. It is now hosts poets, singers, artists and package tourists.
Today, the sheltered anchorage is busy with luxury yachts and locally-built gulets used by seafaring tourists.
A Crusader Castle overlooks the harbor and the International Marina.
History
See Halicarnassus.
The harbour area was colonized by ancient Greeks in the 11th century BC and the city later fell under Persian rule. It was the nominal capital city of the satrapy of Caria; its location ensured the city enjoyed considerable autonomy.
Herodotus, the historian, (484–420 BC) was born here.
Mausolus ruled Caria from here on behalf of the Persians, from 377 to 353 BC. When he died in 353 BC, Artemisia II of Caria, who was both his sister and his widow, employed the ancient Greek architects Satyros and Pythis, and the four sculptors Bryaxis, Scopas, Leochares and Timotheus for to build a monument, as well as a tomb, for him. This tomb is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, gave us the word “mausoleum”. It was a temple-like structure decorated with reliefs and statuary on a massive base. Today only the foundations and a few pieces of sculpture remain. After the brief tenure of the Knights of St John, who founded the Castle of St Peter in 1404, the city sank into obscurity. The castle and its town became known as Petronium, whence the modern name derives. Suleiman the Magnificent conquered Petronium for the Ottomans in 1522.
Famous people
See also
- Bodrum Castle
- Milas-Bodrum Airport
- Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology (within Bodrum Castle)
- Turgutreis
- Blue Cruise
- Marinas in Turkey
- Gulet
- Foreign purchases of real estate in Turkey
- Turkish Riviera
Notes and References
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External links
- All Informations About Bodrum - City Guide
- Bodrum City Guide
- Bodrum Tourism
- Royce Rent A Car
- Bodrum Video
- Halikarnassos Video
- Bodrum Photos
- Bodrum foto
- Bodrum City Guide
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