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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus was a tomb built between 353 and 351 BC in Halicarnassus for Mausolus, an Anatolian from Caria and a satrap in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 8:00 AM—6:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
  • Also known as: “Mausoleum of Maussollos” and “Tomb of Mausolus”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bodrum Castle and Theatre at Halicarnassus.

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is a historical fortification located in southwest in the port city of , built from 1402 onwards, by the Knights of St John as the Castle of St. is situated 1 km southeast of Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

Theater building
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , also known as Bodrum Antique Theatre, is a 4th-century BC Greco-Roman theatre located in , . The theatre is considered to be built in a similar style to . is situated 360 metres northwest of Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 km west of Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Çarşı and Cumhuriyet.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 2,912.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 2,329.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 3,457.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Latitude
37.0378° or 37° 2′ 16″ north
Longitude
27.42415° or 27° 25′ 27″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G992CQF+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 739181962
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11962350
Wiki­data ID
Q45368
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mausoleum at Halicarnassus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mausoleum van Halikarnassos”
  • Afrikaans: “Praalgraf van Mausolos”
  • Albanian: “Maozeleumi i Mauzolit në Halikarnas”
  • Arabic: “ضريح ماوسولوس”
  • Arabic: “ضريح موسولوس في هاليكارناسوس”
  • Arabic: “ضريح موسولوس”
  • Arabic: “ضريح هليكارناسوس”
  • Armenian: “Հալիկառնասոսի դամբարան”
  • Asturian: “Mausoléu d’Halicarnasu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Halikarnas mavzoleyi”
  • Bashkir: “Галикарнас кәшәнәһе”
  • Basque: “Halikarnasoko mausoleoa”
  • Basque: “Halikarnasoko Mausoleoa”
  • Belarusian: “Галікарнаскі маўзалей”
  • Belarusian: “Маўзалей у Галікарнасе”
  • Bengali: “হ্যালিকারনেসাসের সমাধি মন্দির”
  • Bosnian: “Mauzolej u Halikarnasu”
  • Breton: “Mozoleon Halikarnassos”
  • Bulgarian: “Мавзолей в Халикарнас”
  • Burmese: “ဟေလီကာနပ်ဆပ်ရှိ မော်ဆိုလော့စ်၏ ဂူသင်္ချိုင်း”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu d’Halicarnàs”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu de Mausol”
  • Catalan: “Tomba de Mausol a Halicarnàs”
  • Chinese: “Mausolus Lêng-biō”
  • Chinese: “摩索拉斯王陵墓”
  • Chinese: “摩索拉斯陵墓”
  • Chuvash: “Галикарнасри мавзолей”
  • Croatian: “Mauzolej u Halikarnasu”
  • Czech: “Mauzoleum v Halikarnassu”
  • Danish: “Mausoleet i Halikarnassos”
  • Danish: “Mausoleum i Halikarnassos”
  • Dhivehi: “Mausoleum of Maussollos”
  • Dhivehi: “މައުސޯލަސް ގެ ޒިޔާރަތް”
  • Dutch: “Mausoleum van Halicarnassus”
  • Dutch: “Mausoleum van Halikarnassos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح موسولوس”
  • Esperanto: “Maŭzoleo ĉe Halikarnaso”
  • Esperanto: “Maŭzoleo de Halikarnaso”
  • Estonian: “Halikarnassose mausoleum”
  • Finnish: “Halikarnassoksen mausoleumi”
  • Finnish: “Mausoleion”
  • Finnish: “Mausolleion”
  • French: “Mausolee d’Halicarnasse”
  • French: “mausolée d’Halicarnasse”
  • French: “Mausolée d’Halicarnasse”
  • Galician: “Mausoleo de Halicarnaso”
  • Georgian: “მაუზოლუსის აკლდამა”
  • Georgian: “ჰალიკარნასის მავზოლეუმი”
  • German: “Mausoleum von Halikarnassos”
  • German: “Maussolleion”
  • Greek: “Μαυσωλείο της Αλικαρνασσού”
  • Greek: “Το μαυσωλείο της Αλικαρνασσού”
  • Hebrew: “המאוזולאום בהליקרנסוס”
  • Hebrew: “המאוזוליאום בהאליקרנאסוס”
  • Hebrew: “המאוזוליאום בהליקרנסוס”
  • Hebrew: “מאוזוליאום הליקרנסוס”
  • Hindi: “माउसोलस का मकबरा”
  • Hungarian: “Halikarnasszoszi mauzóleum”
  • Icelandic: “Grafhýsi Mausolos”
  • Icelandic: “Grafhýsið í Halikarnassos”
  • Icelandic: “Mausoleion”
  • Icelandic: “Mausoleum”
  • Indonesian: “Mausoleum Mausolos”
  • Indonesian: “Mausoleum Mausolus”
  • Indonesian: “Mausoleum Maussollos”
  • Indonesian: “Mausoleum of Halicarnassus”
  • Irish: “Másailéam Halacarnasas”
  • Italian: “Mausoleo di Alicarnasso”
  • Japanese: “ハリカルナッソスのマウソロス霊廟”
  • Japanese: “マウソロスの霊廟”
  • Japanese: “マウソロス霊廟”
  • Javanese: “Mausoleum Mausolus”
  • Kazakh: “Галикарнастағы Мавзолей”
  • Korean: “마우솔레움”
  • Korean: “마우솔로스의 능묘”
  • Korean: “마우솔로스의 무덤”
  • Korean: “마우솔로스의 영묘”
  • Korean: “할리카르나소스의 마우솔레움”
  • Ladino: “Mozoleo de Halikarnasus”
  • Latin: “Mausoleum”
  • Latvian: “Halikarnasas mauzolejs”
  • Latvian: “Halikarnāsas mauzolejs”
  • Lithuanian: “Halikarnaso mauzoliejus”
  • Macedonian: “Мавзолеј во Халикарнас”
  • Malay: “Makam Maussollos”
  • Malayalam: “ഹലികർണ്ണാസസ്സിലെ ശവകുടീരം”
  • Marathi: “हॅलिकर्नासस येथील कबर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mausolus Lêng-biō”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰალიკარნასიშ მავზოლეუმი”
  • Mongolian: “Мауссолос хааны бунхан”
  • Nepali: “ह्यालिकार्नाससको मौसोलियम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mausoleet i Halikarnassos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mausoleum i Halikarnassos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mausoleet i Halikarnassos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mausoleion”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mausollos gravtempel”
  • Norwegian: “Mausoleet i Halikarnassos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mausolèu d’Alicarnàs”
  • Ossetian: “Галикарнасы мавзолей”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه هالیکارناس”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه هالیکارناسوس”
  • Persian: “آرامگاهٔ هالیکارناسوس”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه هالیکارناسوس”
  • Persian: “ارامگاهٔ هالیکارناسوس”
  • Persian: “ماوزولیوم”
  • Persian: “موزوله”
  • Polish: “Mauzoleum w Halikarnasie”
  • Portuguese: “Mausoléu de Halicarnasso”
  • Quechua: “Alikarnassospi Maussollospa aya wasin”
  • Romanian: “Mausoleul din Halicarnas”
  • Russian: “Галикарнасский мавзолей”
  • Russian: “Галикарнасский Мавзолей”
  • Russian: “Мавзолей в Галикарнасе”
  • Scots: “Mausoleum at Halicarnassus”
  • Serbian: “Μαυσωλεῖον Ἁλικαρνασσεύς”
  • Serbian: “Маузолеј из Халикарнаса”
  • Serbian: “Маузолеј у Халикарнасу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mauzolej iz Halikarnasa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mauzolej Mauzola”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mauzolej u Halikarnasu”
  • Sinhala: “මොසෝලස්ගේ සොහොන්ගැබ”
  • Sinhala: “හැලිකාර්නසස් හි මොසෝලියම”
  • Slovak: “Mausóleion”
  • Slovak: “Maussólleion”
  • Slovak: “Mauzóleum v Halikarnasse”
  • Slovenian: “mavzolej v Halikarnasu”
  • Slovenian: “Mavzolej v Halikarnasu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هالیکارناس موزوله‌سی”
  • Spanish: “El mausoleo de Halicarnaso”
  • Spanish: “Mausoleo de Halicarnaso”
  • Swedish: “Mausoleet i Halikarnassos”
  • Swedish: “Mausollos gravtempel”
  • Tagalog: “Mausoleo sa Halicarnassus”
  • Tamil: “மாசலசின் சமாதி”
  • Tamil: “மௌசோல்லொசின் கல்லறை”
  • Tamil: “மௌசோல்லொஸின் மௌசோலியம்”
  • Tatar: “Halikarnastağı törbä”
  • Thai: “สุสานแห่งฮาลิคาร์นัสเซิส”
  • Turkish: “Bodrum Mausoleium Anıt Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Bodrum mozolesi”
  • Turkish: “Halikarnas Mozelesi”
  • Turkish: “Halikarnas Mozolesi Açıkhava Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Halikarnas Mozolesi”
  • Turkish: “Kral Mausoleus’un Mozolesi”
  • Turkish: “Mausoleion”
  • Turkish: “Mausoleum”
  • Turkish: “Mausoleus’un Mozolesi”
  • Turkish: “Maussoleion”
  • Turkmen: “Galikarnasdaky mawzoley”
  • Ukrainian: “Галікарнаський мавзолей”
  • Ukrainian: “гробниця царя Мавзола”
  • Ukrainian: “мавзолей у Галікарнасі”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавзолей у Галікарнасі”
  • Urdu: “موسولس کا مزار”
  • Uzbek: “Galikarnas maqbarasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lăng mộ của Mausolus”
  • Vietnamese: “Lăng mộ của Maussollos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mausoleo ha Halicarnassus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mausoleum at Halicarnassus”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mausoleum of Maussollos”
  • Welsh: “Mausoleum Halicarnassus”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیلی کارنیسس دا مقبرہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “摩索拉斯王陵墓”
  • Yue Chinese: “摩索拉斯王陵墓”

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