The city was founded and named after the Roman emperor Hadrian as Hadrianopolis (Adrianople in English, /ˌeɪdriəˈnoʊpəl/; Ἁδριανούπολις in Greek) on the site of an earlier Thracian settlement named Uskudama. The … 查看更多內容

Adrianople was made the seat of a Greek metropolitan and of an Armenian bishop. It is also the centre of a Bulgarian diocese but this is not recognised and has been deprived of a … 查看更多內容

Edirne is famed for its many mosques, medreses and other Ottoman monuments.
Mosques
The Selimiye Mosque, built in 1575 and designed by Turkey's greatest architect, Mimar Sinan (c. 1489/1490–1588), is the most important … 查看更多內容

Edirne's economy largely depends on agriculture. 73% of the working population work in agriculture, fishing, forests and hunting. The lowlands are productive. Corn, sugarbeets and sunflowers are the leading crops. Melons, watermelons, rice, tomatoes, … 查看更多內容

The area around Edirne has been the site of numerous major battles and sieges starting from the days of the Roman Empire. The vagaries of the border region between Asia and Europe gave rise to Edirne's claim to be the most frequently contested spot … 查看更多內容

The Kırkpınar oil-wrestling tournament is held every year in late June or early July.
Kakava, an international festival celebrated by the Romani people in Turkey is held on 5-6 May each year.
Bocuk Gecesi is a festival of Balkan origin celebrated in … 查看更多內容

Universities
• Trakya University, which is linked with Lörrach University through the Erasmus programme of the EU.
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