Halicarnassus

Halicarnassus

Halicarnassus ranks 2,990th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Long Island City, and Stroud. Memorable people born in Halicarnassus include Herodotus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Artemisia I of Caria. Memorable people who died in Halicarnassus include Mausolus, Artemisia II of Caria, and Ada of Caria. Halicarnassus has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Halicarnassus is located in Türkiye.

Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek 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. Read more on Wikipedia