Ancient cities to visit near Bodrum.

Mandasa (Muğla-Bodrum)

It is thought that the ruins on Türkbükü Bay and Gölköy ridges in Bodrum are Madnasa, a Lelegian city. Madnasa is a word derived from the Luwian language and means the city of the country “Ma”. Information about the history of the city is very limited.

We cannot find any other information in the sources other than the payment of 2 talent expense contributions to the Athens-Delos Naval Union in the city of Pliny and Stephanos of Byzantium, whose name is only mentioned. The people living here were forced to migrate to Halicarnassus during the Mausallos period and therefore the city was abandoned. Adequate research has not been conducted in Madnasa.

However, on the hill, which is described as an acropolis, the remains of the fortification, albeit a little, are noteworthy. The walls are 1.5 m thick from untreated broken stones. No other remains were found in the vicinity except for the tombs carved into the rocks.

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