The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Location
In the city of Bodrum (Halicarnassus) in
the Aegean Sea, in South Western Turkey.
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Mausoleum was completed in 350 BC, three years after the death of Mausolus, and a
year after that of Artemis.
Six centuries after these events, Philo of Byzantium includes the
Mausoleum as one of the seven wonders of the world in such a grand account of the
work of architects Satyrs and Pitea.
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Description
* The structure was rectangular in plan, with base dimensions of 40 by 30 meters.
* The sides were decorated with statues.
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
* The burial chamber and sarcophagus of white
alabaster decorated with gold were located on the
podium and surrounded by Ionic columns
* pyramid-shaped roof with statues
* A statue of a chariot drawn by four horses adorned the top the
grave.
* The total height of the Mausoleum was 45 m
* 20 m stepped to the podium, 12 m to the colonnade, 7 m for the pyramid and 6 m for the statue of
the car at the top.
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Only 16 years after its construction, Alejandro Magno, ordered to destroy the "temple of Artemis." Conquered the city and destroy the mausoleum
In the year 1522 almost all blocks of the Mausoleum had been used for
the construction of San Pedro Castle in Bodrum
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
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