Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb o Mausolus [a] (Greek: Μαυσωλείο της Αλικαρνασσού) wid a tomb biggit atween 353 an 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persie Empire, an his seester-wife Artemisia II o Caria.
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus | |
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Μαυσωλείο της Αλικαρνασσού | |
![]() The ruins o the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus | |
Location within Turkey | |
General information | |
Status | In Ruins |
Teep | Mausoleum |
Airchitectural style | Clessical |
Toun or ceety | Halicarnassus, Achaemenid Empire (modren-day Bodrum, Turkey) |
Kintra | Achaemenid Empire (nouadays locatit in Turkey) |
Coordinates | 37°02′16″N 27°25′27″E / 37.0379°N 27.4241°ECoordinates: 37°02′16″N 27°25′27″E / 37.0379°N 27.4241°E |
Opened | 351 BC |
Demolished | 1494 AD |
Client | Mausolus an Artemisia II o Caria |
Awner | Artaxerxes III |
Hicht | Approximately 45 m (148 ft) |
Design an construction | |
Airchitect | Satyros an Pythius o Priene |
Ither designers | Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas an Timotheus |