Mausoleum Of Halicarnas
Mausoleum of Halicarnas was the work of architects Pytheos and Satyros and Scopas and sculptor Timotheos. Mausoleum name comes from the local governor Mausol, who was governor of the province Hellenistic Caria, that had been intended as the tomb-temple. This architectural monument was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
In the year 556 î.Ch., Persiei king Cyrus II conquered this area, which provides direct access to the sea. His empire stretched from east to the Indus River, north to the shores of the Black Sea and south to the Indian Ocean. Because the situation of transport and communication, empire could not have a governor general, but the regional government, appointed satrap.
Mausol could not see over the temple, but his widow Artemisia continued work begun. After 2 years after the death of her husband, and she dies, but architects continue work. On a high pedestal with five steps, was a medium long, wide and high. In the funerary temple spire supported by 39 columns with 39 m each. Above the roof top a pyramid with 24 steps on top of which was placed truncated cvadriga, mausoleum have a height of 49 m.
Great conqueror, who conquered the city Halicarnas has spared monument and treated him with respect. For only in the XII th century d.Ch., a powerful earthquake destroyed the monument.
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