Halicarnassus

one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

thumb|A white-washed windmill in Bodrum Bodrum () is a town and district of Muğla Province in Turkey. It is a port town at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Known in ancient times as Halicarnassus, the town was once home to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, also known as the tomb of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

thumb|Ancient cities of Caria|alt=Map of ancient cities of Caria

siege between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 334 BC

Myndus () or Myndos () was an ancient Dorian colony of Troezen, on the coast of Caria in Asia Minor (Turkey), sited on the Bodrum Peninsula, a few miles northwest of Halicarnassus. The site is now occupied by the modern village of Gümüşlük.