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Castle of St. Peter Turkey




Castle of St. Peter is one of the icons in the city that must be recorded when tourists visit Bodrum as one of the goals of the trip destinations in Turkey. Bodrum in Turkish means 'fortress'. The fortress palace once located on a small hill located on the outskirts of the waters. Besides the beauty of its architecture, a museum called the Museum of Underwater Archeology is also there.

In this area that stood since 1962 is stored in hundreds of artifacts from the get search results and excavations beneath the sea surface and at the bottom of the ocean. Some of them are equipment, supplies various items could be found of the ships that have foundered over 32 centuries, from the 16th century BC (BC) until the 16th century AD (AD).

Besides heavies of ships and a variety of 'treasure trove' of a variety of jewelry, visitors who come to the Castle of St. Peter also able to enjoy the 2 pieces of the ship are also on display there. One of them is owned ship Carian, a princess who had died 300 years BC. The vessels are each named 'Fatimi Ship' which sank in the year 1077 AD and 'Uluburun' sunken 14th century BC.