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The following text is taken from the 1911 Encyclopedia :
Edirne is 137 km by rail W.N.W. of Istanbul.
Edirne ranks, after Constantinople, second in size and importance among the cities of European Turkey. It is the seat of a Greek archbishop, and of one Armenian and two Bulgarian bishops. It is the chief fortress near the Bulgarian frontier, being defended by a ring of powerful modern forts. It occupies both banks of the river Tunca, at its confluence with the Maritza (Turkish: Meriç), which is navigable to this point in spring and winter. The nearest seaport by rail is Dedeagatch, west of the Maritza; Enos, at the river-mouth, is the nearest by water. Edirne is on the railway from BelgradeFor other uses see Belgrade (disambiguation Belgrade ( Serbian, Beograd , (population in Belgrade region 1,711,800 by census of 2002) is the capital of Serbia (since 1403) and Serbia and Montenegro (since 2003) and Yugoslavia ( 1918- 2003). The city lies and SofiaThe city of Sofia ( Bulgarian: ), at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, has a population of 1,208,930 ( 2003), and is the capital of the Republic of Bulgaria. History Founded seven thousand years ago, Sofia is the second oldest capital city in Europe. to Istanbul.
Edirne historically has been the commercial headquarters of all Thrace, and of a large portion of the region between the Balkana and the Danube, now BulgariaThe Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north along the river Danube..
Edirne was originally known as Uskadama, Uskudama or Uskodama, but was renamed and enlarged by the Roman emperor HadrianPublius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus ( January 24, 76 July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English, was a Roman emperor from 117 138. He is considered one of the so-called Five Good Emperors''. Hadrian was born in Italica, Hispania, to a well-established settl (117-138). In 378 the Romans were here defeated by the Goths (see Battle of Adrianople (378)). Edirne was the residence of the Turkish sultans from 1361, when it was captured by Murad I., until 1453, when Constantinople fell. It was occupied by the Russians in 1829 and 1878 (see Russo-Turkish Wars).