Bodrum Mosque and Cistern

Bodrum Mosque (formerly known as “Myrelaion Orthodox Church”) is known to be built by the order of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos as a church for a nuns monastery around 920 A.D. Origins of the name “Myrelaion” which means “a place of myrrh oil” is not clearly known.

Ruins of St. Polyeuktos Church

Being built by one of the strongest woman of East Roman Empire, Anicia Juliana, St. Polyeuktos is dedicated to St. Polyeuktos from Malatya, Turkey. 

The ruins were found in the year 1960 during some diggings made for the construction of Hasim Iscan Passage, a new city hall and some way in Sarachane district. 

The German Fountain

The German Fountain is a structure built in commemoration of the second visit of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia, to Turkey. Even though the structure held a political meaning being a symbol of pleasant Turkish-German relations, today it is mostly known for its monumental value.