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Bodrum, Turkey: Castle of St. Peter
Bodrum, Turkey: Castle of St. Peter The Castle of St. Peter at Bodrum, Turkey, on the Aegean coast.

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Bodrum, town, southwestern Turkey. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Kerme (ancient Ceramic Gulf) of the Aegean Sea, opposite the Greek island of Cos.

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Mausoleum of HalicarnassusRuins of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Bodrum, Turkey.
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It was built on the ruins of ancient Halicarnassus by the Hospitallers, a Crusading order, who occupied the site in 1402. Their spectacular castle, the Petronium, or Castle of St. Peter, remained a Christian stronghold until the Ottoman sultan Süleyman I the Magnificent captured it in 1522. The castle continues to be the town’s major landmark. The ruins of the Mausoleum of Mausolus, ruler of Caria (4th century bce), at Halicarnassus are also notable. The town was briefly occupied by Italy between 1919 and 1921. Bodrum is picturesquely situated before a backdrop of green hills and is now a growing tourist resort. Pop. (2000) 32,227; (2013 est.) 35,795.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.