Knidos

These are the ruins of an ancient Greek city at the tip of a peninsula in modern Turkey. It was founded by the Spartan Dorians, and it was once a wealthy shopping center - now tourists, not merchants, walk here.

First of all, the statue of Aphrodite by Praxiteles is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity. People came here specifically to see it, so we can say that the city held an ancient tourist record.

Archaeologists excavated a round Doric temple of Aphrodite with a pedestal of the same legendary statue, and also found a marble statue of Demeter. The goddess of love herself, unfortunately, did not wait for the visitors.

Mathematician and astronomer Eudoxus of Knidsky, who kept his observatory in the city. There was also a famous medical school here - a place, as you can see, loved by both scientists and sculptors.

Part stood on the mainland, part on an island connected to the mainland by embankments, so Knidus had two harbors at once. Convenient for both ships and seascape.