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Bodrum (bō`drum), town (1990 pop. 20,931), Muğla prov., SW Turkey, on the Bodrum peninsula on the Aegean Sea coast. It was built on the ruins of the ancient city of Halicarnassus Halicarnassus (hăl'ĭkärnă`səs) ..... Click the link for more information. during the early 15th cent. A popular tourist resort, the town's notable landmark is a 15th cent. castle. It is also a center for underwater archaeology in the Mediterranean. Halicarnassusmodern BodrumAncient Greek city, western Anatolia. Located in modern Turkey on a peninsula in the Aegean Sea, it became the capital of Caria (c. 370 BC) under the Persian satrap Mausolus, who built a great wall, public buildings, and a secret dockyard and canal. His widow erected (c. 350 BC) a great tomb (the Mausoleum) in his memory. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and its remains are now in the British Museum. Halicarnassus was the birthplace of the Greek historian Herodotus. It came under Roman rule in 129 BC, and in early Christian times was a bishopric. The ruins of the castle of the Knights of St. John, founded c. AD 1400, dominate the ancient site. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A couple of decades ago, the Bodrum peninsula in southwestern Turkey was one of the most delightful and untouched parts of the Mediterranean coast, with small fishing villages of stone-built, flat-roofed houses occasionally making humanity's mark on the rocky coast, which with its olive groves, red soil and herb-scented bush was apparently unchanged since Classical times. The store is located in Bodrum, with 35 tills, 10 Retalix PocketOffice units, and 11 Terminal servers. |
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