Wonders of the Old World ... (Bodrum - the ancient Halicarnassus).

Wonders of the Old World in bright light. Halicarnassus - a place where one of the wonders of the world, the Mausoleum of the very mausoleum. Right next to the annoyance of the country, I note - there are still those who would like to see, and our Moscow mausoleum in the same ravaged state. From tall, mighty Mausoleum remained only the foundation but the wreckage of columns, drainage system, a narrow cave. But Turkey does not keep a monument of their culture, as well as the walls of old city, who fought with the then local residents by Alexander the Great. For a long time there was a siege, starvation took the local big-name already commander. Known for his fighting deceit, he first gave the order to dig around a shallow ditch impregnable wall (here followed by the European experience familiar, of course, were not), has built the only bridge and when the bridge emaciated besieged tried to go to the ground, the bridge beneath them collapsed, as planned, but it was in the ditch prostrated in a hail of arrows.So hail them was conquered, destroyed the wall, but something remains. The central attraction, the fortress of Bodrum - also has several increments, here a hand in not only the Templars, but also Germans, Italians following eras. The Templars took refuge here from the vengeance of those who have come to pay in their faith because of the walls there are not a lot of things. But the restoration of the fix everything - stunning views of the bay and the bay from the center makes rasprostёrshiesya forget the passions of war, but also conjures up romantic thoughts about the fight for an idea on a background of blue-green iridescence of the waves and blue skies. For heaven in a different sense, with a different "population" and fought distant, strong, cunning ancestors of the human line. Here in the fortress - the burial, torture chambers for the infidels. But now located here and happy "chicken coop" - peacocks walking about on the roofs among mikrokladbischa almost ancient times.Yes, here is where to go deep into the past. For example, both Christian shrine holds a state where Islam is more recently been in the status of the theocracy - the house of the Virgin Mary (not significantly, but some conclusions from historical sources, she could live here, near Ephesus, where Jesus sent Yahya) ... Not all visible space there to build up, as I learned, but also have built some somebody sells - life does not stand still. For example, a coastal restaurant (the size of our very modest cafe) one owner wants to sell it for a hundred and fifty thousand euros - and not to make profit, but to pay off debts. Not so here are cashing in on tourists as it may seem at first. But the service is everywhere - excellent. Vynyrnesh of salty waves - swallow any bitter "Efes" or bitter as Turkish tea for the Turkish breakfast - which is different olives pickled cheese several kinds, honey, butter, cream, eggs, jam ... Dmitry Black. August 2010.