Mausoleum+of+Halicarnassus

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== ** Mausolus decided to build a new capital; a city as safe from capture as it was great to be seen. He chose the city of Halicarnassus. If Mausolus' ships blocked a small channel, they could keep all enemy warships out. He started to make of Halicarnassus a capital fit for a warrior prince. His workmen deepened the city's harbor and used the dragged sand to make protecting breakwaters in front of the channel. On land they paved streets and squares, and built houses for ordinary citizens. And on one side of the harbor they built a massive fortified palace for Mausolus, positioned to have clear views out to sea and inland to the hills — places from where enemies could attack. ** == = In 353 BC Mausolus died, leaving Artemisia broken-hearted. As a tribute to him, she decided to build him the most splendid tomb. The Mausoleum of Halicanassus was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC in what is now Bodrum, Turkey. It resembles a temple and the only way to tell the difference was its slightly higher outer walls. The Mausoleum was surrounded by thirty-six columns. It had 34 steps. The Mausoleum of Halicanassus was untouched when the city fell to Alexander the Great in 334 BC & still is undamaged after pirates attacked it in 62 & 58 BC. The Masoulem was located in the Greek area of Halicarnassus. In 353 it was controlled by the Persian Empire. The Mausoleum was surrounded by thirty-six columns. It had 34 steps. The Mausoleum of Halicanassus was untouched when the city fell to Alexander the Great in 334 BC and still is undamaged after pirates attacked it in 62 & 58 BC. The site did suffer already in age, but in the Middle Ages, the ruin was still impressive. However, the tower was destroyed by the Rhodian knights in 1522. As a result, fragments of the monument can today be found in the castle of Bodrum. = = =

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