TOURISM & BODRUM

The Castle of St. Peter at BODRUM, Turkey, on the Aegean coast.
Town, southwestern Turkey. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Kerme

(Ancient Ceramic Gulf) on the Aegean Sea, opposite the Greek Island.

ARTEMISIA II
Sister and wife of King Mausolus (reigned 377/376–353/352) of Caria,

in southwestern Anatolia, and sole ruler for about three years after the king's death.

She built for her husband, in his capital at Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum, Turkey),

the tomb called the Mausoleum, which was considered one of

the Seven Wonders of the World.
Artemisia was also known as a botanist and medical researcher.
Artemisia ıı (Statue by an unknown artist; in the
National Archeological 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.

**ACTIVITY: THE WORLD'S PEACE DAY ON 1st.SEPTEMBER 2007**