Adrianople

Adrianople (Turkish Edirné; Bulgarian Odrin), the third city of European Turkey, stands on the navigable Maritza (the ancient Hebrus), 198 miles WNW. of Constantinople by rail. The city has upwards of 65,000 inhabitants, of whom about one-third are Turks. The splendid mosque of Selim II., the palace, and the immense bazaar of Ali Pasha, may be named as its principal features. It has a silk factory, and a considerable trade in opium, otto of roses, and wine. Founded or greatly improved by the Emperor Hadrian, Adrianople was the seat of the Ottoman sultanate from 1366 to 1453. The Russo-Turkish war was here concluded, September 14, 1829, by the Peace of Adrianople. After the capture of the Turkish army defending the Shipka Pass in January 1878, the Russians entered Adrianople unopposed; and an armistice was concluded here on the 31st.