Bodrum Castle
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Bodrum Castle is a medieval fortress in Bodrum, Turkey, built by the Knights Hospitaller and now a prominent historical landmark and museum overlooking the Aegean Sea.
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fortress
ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | medieval military architecture ⓘ |
| builder | Knights Hospitaller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtBy | Order of Saint John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | circa 1522 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1402 ⓘ |
| continent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Knights Hospitaller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| currentUse |
museum
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Apostle Peter
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Peter
|
| exhibits |
Carian artifacts
ⓘ
amphorae ⓘ ancient glassware ⓘ shipwrecks ⓘ underwater archaeological finds ⓘ |
| formerName | Castle of St. Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionDuringOttomanPeriod |
military garrison
ⓘ
prison ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chapel
ⓘ
English Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ French Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ German Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ battlements ⓘ chapel-turned-mosque ⓘ cisterns ⓘ courtyards ⓘ gates ⓘ inner bailey ⓘ moat ⓘ outer walls ⓘ towers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Tentative World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houses | Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bodrum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muğla Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Aegean Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBodyOfWater | Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| museumType |
archaeology museum
ⓘ
maritime museum ⓘ |
| nearbySite | Mausoleum at Halicarnassus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bodrum harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | bombardment during World War I ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major tourist attraction in Bodrum ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defense
ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ residence ⓘ |
| viewFeature | panoramic views of Bodrum Bay ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.