Halicarnassus
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1099 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 37.038, 27.424
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: древний город в Карии
History
Halicarnassus was an ancient city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, also known simply as the Tomb of Mausolus, whose name provided the origin of the word "mausoleum". The mausoleum, built from 353 to 350 BC, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.