Marmaris Trip Overview
The castle where the houses were located until 1980s, during the restoration, has been used as a museum since 1991. A collection of artifacts dating from the archaic, classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern Roman and Ottoman periods, starting from the Bronze Age, is exhibited in four closed spaces and courtyards of the castle which has seven covered spaces altogether. Artifacts from Burgaz excavations and the sacred area of Emecik Apollon, from the ancient city of Knidos, located in Datca within the responsibility of the Museum Directorate, and the rare artifacts obtained from the collection of museums in different ways, are exhibited in this historical place and offers history to visitors in the historical castle.
In the museum garden, the altars, columns and column heads, Ottoman tombstones, artilleries, and roses are exhibited and also there is an important group of artifacts which are amphoras and containers pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Starts: Marmaris, Turkey
Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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The castle where the houses were located until 1980s, during the restoration, has been used as a museum since 1991. A collection of artifacts dating from the archaic, classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern Roman and Ottoman periods, starting from the Bronze Age, is exhibited in four closed spaces and courtyards of the castle which has seven covered spaces altogether. Artifacts from Burgaz excavations and the sacred area of Emecik Apollon, from the ancient city of Knidos, located in Datca within the responsibility of the Museum Directorate, and the rare artifacts obtained from the collection of museums in different ways, are exhibited in this historical place and offers history to visitors in the historical castle.
In the museum garden, the altars, columns and column heads, Ottoman tombstones, artilleries, and roses are exhibited and also there is an important group of artifacts which are amphoras and containers pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea.
Visit: Marmaris Castle, 30. Sokak No: 54 Tepe Mahallesi, Marmaris 48700 Turkey
The first known information about the Marmaris Castle built in B.C. 490-425, on the peninsula overlooking the sea was told by Herodotus from Halicarnassus (Bodrum). Herodotus tells that the castle was built in 3,000 BC. Evliya Çelebi, the traveler of the 17th century, mentioned in his famous Travel Book that the fortress was built in 1522 during the Rhodes expedition by the command of Süleyman the Magnificent and this place was used as a military base. He also mentions the 40-foot-long square cut stone blocks on the foundation, dating back to the ancient period. These blocks are still visible and they are the remains of 2000 year-old castle belonging to the Hellenistic period. The building inscription of today’s castle, which was built during the Ottoman period, is still in its place.
