Adrianople

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Adrianople is the historical name of the city now known as Edirne in northwestern Turkey, long a strategic and cultural center at the junction of Europe and Asia.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Adrianople canonical 14
Adrianople (Edirne) 1
Adrianople (Hadrianopolis) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former name of city
historical city name
ancientName Hadrianopolis
Hadrianoupolis
linked to: Hadrianopolis
capitalOfOttomanEmpireFrom 1369
capitalOfOttomanEmpireUntil 1453
capturedBy Ottomans in 1361
country Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Roman Empire
formerNameOf Edirne
historicalEra Byzantine period
Ottoman period
Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity
importantFor military campaigns of the Ottoman Empire
trade routes between Balkans and Anatolia
locatedInContinent Europe
locatedInRegion Eastern Thrace
linked to: Thrace

Thrace
locatedNearBorder Bulgaria
Greece
locatedOnRiver Arda River
Maritsa River
linked to: Maritsa

Tundzha River
modernNameAdopted Edirne
namedAfter Roman emperor Hadrian
linked to: Hadrian
partOfProvince Byzantine theme of Thrace
Roman province of Thracia
precededByName Uskudama
presentDayCountry Turkey
presentDayLocation Edirne
religiousSignificance center of a Jewish community
center of a Roman Catholic titular see
seat of an important Orthodox bishopric
siteOfBattle Battle of Adrianople (1205)
Battle of Adrianople (1254)
Battle of Adrianople (1355)
Battle of Adrianople (1365)
Battle of Adrianople (1829)
Battle of Adrianople (324)
Battle of Adrianople (378)
siteOfSiege Siege of Adrianople (1205)
Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913)
Siege of Adrianople (813)
Siege of Adrianople (914)
strategicPosition junction of routes between Europe and Asia
near Balkan passes
wasCapitalOf Ottoman Empire

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edirne formerName Adrianople
Murad I conqueredCity Adrianople
Yosef Karo residence Adrianople
Joseph Karo residence Adrianople
Via Egnatia passesThrough Adrianople (Hadrianopolis)
linked to: Adrianople
Thrace majorCity Adrianople
Hadrianopolis knownAs Adrianople
Hadrianopolis knownAs Adrianopolis
linked to: Adrianople
European Turkey historicalCityIncludes Adrianople (Edirne)
linked to: Adrianople
Bahá'u'lláh wasExiledTo Adrianople
Flavius Valens burialPlace Adrianople (uncertain)
linked to: Adrianople
Moshe Alshich placeOfBirth Adrianople
subject linked to: R. Moshe Alshich