Edirne (Adrianople) - Turkey
Edirne - formerly Andrianople - close to the border with Greece and Bulgaria. Site of 16 major battles or sieges from Ancient Greek times up until the 1920s. According to popular mythology the city was built by Agamemnon. Site of the Selimiye Mosque built in 1575, designed by Mimar Sinan
Picture No
10271750
Media ID
46559511
Size
4694px x 3001px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1916
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1575 Adrianople Andrinople Edirne Mimar Minarets Rooftops Selimiye Sinan Thrace
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