Bodrum castle- museum of underwater archaeology- Herodotus was born here, called Hallicarnassos, 5th century, spoke mixture of Greek, capital of caria, mausoleum comes from this king, same guy that made Athenas temple in Pierne made it, one of the ancient wonders of the world, Christians from Rhodes used stones taken from this pagan temple and built into this castle, and church built within, Solomon the magnificent took control with invasion of Turks, converted it to a mosque, now it is a museum to the gulesk boats, Greek theatre built into hill, ancient harbor is same harbor, meaning of Turkish flag: red represents love of Turkish soldier, large crescent with 5 point stars, the ships excavated were found holding amphoras that had preserved wine and olive oil
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