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Bodrum Castle in 2020. In 1962 the Turkish Government decided to turn the castle into a museum for the underwater discoveries of ancient shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea. This has become the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology, [6] with a collection of amphoras, ancient glass, bronze, clay, and iron items. It is the biggest museum of its kind ...
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Bodrumkale is a castle ruin in Osmaniye Province, Turkey. It is situated on a hill, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away from Osmaniye. The castle is to the northeast of the ancient city of Castabala. In medieval times it controlled the road from Central Anatolia to the Mediterranean coast.
The modern name Bodrum derives from the town's medieval name Petronium, which has its roots in the Hospitaller Castle of St. Peter. [citation needed]In classical antiquity, Bodrum was known as Halicarnassus (Ancient Greek: Ἁλικαρνασσός, [5] Turkish: Halikarnas), a major city in ancient Caria.
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Bodrum Castle and Theatre of Halicarnassus are the main event venues during the festival. [ 1 ] Both national and international ballet groups and performers such as Vienna State Ballet , [ 2 ] Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet , [ 3 ] Svetlana Zakharova , [ 4 ] and Alonzo King LINES Ballet [ 5 ] have performed in the event since its beginning.
Theatre at Halicarnassus in Bodrum, with the Bodrum Castle seen in the background, 2015. The Theatre at Halicarnassus , [ 1 ] also known as Bodrum Antique Theatre [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ( Turkish : Bodrum Antik Tiyatrosu , usually shortened as Antik Tiyatro ), is a 4th-century BC [ 4 ] Greco-Roman theatre located in Bodrum , Turkey . [ 1 ]
On August 10, 1773, Admiral Elmanov bombarded Bodrum Castle at around 19:00 and landed 1,000 soldiers, then an additional 1,500 at around 04:00. [3] However, the plundering operation was defeated by the attack of the Turkish troops, and the Russian troops suffered losses. He quickly boarded ships and left Bodrum. [4]