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City, through the ages many civilizations and cultures is home made. Its position in or near so many of the great civilization and events of Ancient History also makes Halicarnassus (Bodrum's Ancient name) an important site for historians. Finding one source of complete historical information on Bodrum is apparently impossible, so the account that follows is a distillation from several sources. At the ancient time when the Mauosolous was died his wife- sister Artemisia was built a grave for him. This is the worlds 7 wonders. Pliny and other Ancient writers agreed that the mausoleum was a true wonder to behold. Easily visible from a good distance at sea, it stood about as high as a 20-story building. Visitors to the mausoleum site today will have to use their imagination to recreate its splendor. Although it stood intact for at least 1500 years, an earthquake finally reduced it to ruins. Then the Knights of St. John arrived and used the remains to construct parts of their Castle. Fragments of Mausoleum were shipped to the British Museum in the Castle's Museum, but otherwise little more than a few blocks and column bases remain are visible in the Castle's walls).
  
Hotel is located at the north-western part of Bodrum Peninsula. The city today is on the hills between Turkbuku Golkoy down with. Area name is GölTurkbuku (Golkoy +Turkbuku) -Bodrum. Golkoy’s mythological name was Karianda. It had been famous for viticulture and viniculture in the terms of Carias however; Türkbükü is remembered as antique Madnasa. Madnasa is one of the major cities of Leleg on the Bodrum peninsula. Hekataios mentioned that the historian Pliny, the historian Stephanus from Byzantion states that the city paid two talents of tax to Attika-Delos Maritime Union and this was reduced down to one talent later. Magnitude of this figure proves that Madnasa was an important settlement. Today, you can see the tombs, some parts of walls, windmills and ruins of buildings on your way to hotel.. The ruins that are approximately two kilometers away form the village and are scattered through on quite a big area were named “Kale Yıkığı Tepesi’ by the people of the region The Rum village that is remembered as Rumbuku before Turks, enjoy a competency with fishery. The district had Turkbuku name by passing into the hands of Turks.
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