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Turkey Bodrum, a charming town in Aegean
region of Turkey with its bourgainvillea covered typical Mediterranean Bodrum
houses, is located on a rocky peninsula where the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas
join. Bodrum is the ancient city of Halikarnassos (1200 BC), birthplace of
Herodotus and site of the Mausoleum of King Mausolus (350 BC), reckoned to be
one of the Seven Wonders of the world. According to historic sources, it was
established by Dorians, lived under Karian, Lykian, Persian, Macedonian,
Egyptian and Roman sovereignties, and was captured by the "Rhodes Knights" in
189 B.C. The city came under Ottoman domination when Kanuni the Magnificent in
1522, captured the city along with the Island of Rhodes. An impressive medieval
castle built by the Knights of Rhodes, the imposing Castle of the Knights of
St. John, guards the entrance to Bodrum's dazzling blue bay, in which the
Aegean and the Mediterranean Seas meet, and where the picturesque historic
Harbour is home to elegant yachts and gullets. The beautifully preserved
Antique Theatre nearby will also delight you in Bodrum. |
