Marmaris Museumvisitor guide.

MARMARIS CASTLE, A LEGACY OF SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT Dominating the sea from a commanding peninsula position, initial historical records about Marmaris Castle were recorded by Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Bodrum) in 490–425 BC. Herodotus notes that the fortress was originally built in the 3rd millennium BC. The famous 17th-century Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi mentions in his celebrated Seyahatname that the castle was constructed by order of Sultan Suleiman in 1522 during his expedition to Rhodes and served as an essential military base. He also describes ancient cut ashlar stone blocks 40 feet in length at its foundations, which are remains belonging to an approximately 2,000-year-old Hellenistic castle that can still be clearly observed today. The Ottoman construction dedication inscription of today's castle remains firmly in its original place. MUSEUM IN THE OTTOMAN FORTRESS Housing residential dwellings from before the Republic until restorations in the 1980s, the castle has served as a museum since the completion of restorations in 1991. With a total of seven enclosed spaces, four indoor chambers and the castle courtyard display an artifact collection spanning the Bronze Age, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern Roman, and Ottoman eras. Artifacts uncovered from excavations of Knidos Ancient City in Datça, Burgaz excavations, and the Emecik Apollo sanctuary within the Museum Directorate's jurisdiction, alongside rare acquisitions, are exhibited in this historic castle setting, presenting history within history to visitors. In the castle garden, altars, columns, capitals, Ottoman tombstones, cannons, and cannonballs are exhibited, while an essential group of artifacts consists of amphoras and pottery vessels recovered from beneath the sea. WHILE YOU ARE HERE A designated 'Jinan Garden' in Marmaris is styled in Zen fashion, designed with Asian pavilions, pagodas, and tranquil ponds. Named after Jinan, Marmaris's sister city in Shandong Province, China, it is dedicated to mutual friendship between the two nations and contains a restaurant. Directly below the castle, the Caravanserai built for Sultan Suleiman's mother Hafsa Sultan, İyilik Rock archaeological park, Nimara Cave on Adaköy Heaven Island, and Amos Ancient City in Turunç are other historic sites for visitors to explore. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS BODRUM ANCIENT THEATER BODRUM MAUSOLEUM MONUMENT MUSEUM BODRUM ZEKİ MÜREN ART MUSEUM UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM KNIDOS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE SEDİR ISLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE