Edirne: A Kırkpınar Wrestling

Edirne: A Kırkpınar Wrestling

Between Greece and Turkey in the north of Tekirdag, Edirne, the Ottoman Empire for many years served as the capital and 18 century has been one of the seven largest in Europe.
Here is the capital of the Ottoman Empire, a period of up to 100 years of historical and architecturally significant buildings that reason. Edirne, mosques, religious structures, bridges, old bazaar places, caravanserais and palaces, a living open air museum.
DISTRICTS
Districts of the province of Edirne, Enos, Havsa, İpsala, Kashan, Lalapaşa, Meric, and Uzunköprü'dür Süloğlu.
Havsa: Havsa, and Lalapaşa plateau on the northern half of Edirne. Hafsa Hatun Havsa'ya an inn, a complex and time Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokollu Treasurer (Finance Minister) built a mosque. The complex multi-functional building group, is the work of Mimar Sinan.
İpsala: Ipsala, Edirne is located in the southern half. Which have survived the Ottoman structure, Pied Mustafa Pasha Mosque. Single dome and single minaret. Wood is the value of art in terms of labor.
Kashan: District, the southern half of Edirne. Structures with historical value, Hersekzade Ahmet Pasha Mosque and the three stone bridge on the caravan route İbrice-Kashan. Uzunkum's low-lying coastal, marine tourism in suitable terms. Smooth roads and tourist accommodation business license in the town, tourist places in Edirne. The highlight of the town in terms of domestic tourism, fair and festival of spring called Hıdırellez'de hAILIM made.
Lalapaşa: District in the northern half of Edirne. The county is the most important historical monuments, shrines and temples stone age. These tombs, Tablataş, Kapaklıkaya, Perikızı House (dolmen) is called. The places of worship Ulutaş (Menhirs) is called. They are unique to the world of rare artifacts. The ruins of the castle Sinanköy'deki state.
Meric: Province of Edirne in the middle of the south west corner of Highland and Lalapaşa. Important events in terms of domestic tourism, and the Mayans called the spring festival Beyköy dallığı.
Süloğlu: Lalapaşa Plateau and the northern half of the above Edirne. It attracts attention as a picnic area around the dam lake.
Uzunköprü: District Edirne and Thrace in the middle of the above Yontukdüzü. The most famous ancient structure, which is the work of the architect Muslihiddin'in Ergene Bridge. 1200 meters in length, the number of belt 170 passes. Other important structures, II. Murat Complex Muradiye roofed single minaret and mosque, II. The time of his Halise Bayezit Hayreddin Hatun Mosque Architect of the complex is a foundation, the double bath, fountains added to the bridge. Since the end of the bridge from the city, added to the second constitutional period, referred to as Freedom Fountain. Mahmut Gazi other older historical fountains (municipal park), Halise Babe (Haji Ibrahim Agha, or Tosbağacı) fountains of Fountain wire. Important domestic tourism events, Nightingale Stream spring festival called the hAILIM, hunting parties, and fair.
HOW TO GET THERE
Road: Edirne both D-100 state road, and thus the TEM motorway to Istanbul to Anatolia and the Aegean Sea through the Dardanelles on the state road D-100 on the connecting roads. In addition, Kapikule Border Gate in Bulgaria and Europe by rail is not only connected by road. Pazarkule and Ipsala Border Gate from road, rail Uzunköprü provided with transportation to Greece. Edirne, Istanbul and Anatolia and regularly has good access via the Dardanelles.

PLACES TO VISIT
Houses of Edirne
Built of stone and plaster walls were made of wood frame systems. This is higher than the eaves of houses next to the dual curve is usually connected with the item covered by a roof, built into the central inlet chamber at shallow depth with the remaining had a perfect symmetry.
Gösterişlisine the smallest in almost every part of the Balkan Peninsula until the whole house, "life" there are sections called. Room, where the doors opened this chapter, directly overlooking the garden of the house was based on direction from 1.5 to 2 meters on poles. Separated from the four corners of a section height of a step at the end of their lives, the board turned in sedirlerle.
Opened the doors of the house garden, a large part of the harem and selamlıklarında a marble fountain in the courtyard, there were an appropriate place. Some small pools in the middle of the courtyard houses, had a vine shaded arbours. A small door and greeting the courtyards of the Haram will be passed to each other.
Museums
Edirne Museum
Address: Selimiye Mosque as well - Edirne
Edirne Archeology and Ethnography Museum
Edirne, the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Ruins
The ancient city of Enos: Enos (Ainos), while the port is a very important historical periods from the coast 3.5 km inside from today. Castle has been restored many times throughout history that is worth seeing Enos. At the same time BC Based on the 6 th century, a church, some carved tombs and a clear waters of the beach.
Dolmens (Menhir, Stone Tombs): Lalapaşa district late İ.Ö.2000 BC The beginning of 1000 from the 'Dolmens' (Menhirs, stone graves) are available. Excavations brought to light some of the tools inside the tomb (tear bottle, gemstones) were found and are exhibited in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Edirne.
Palaces
Edirne Palace: Sultan I. After the first palace built by Murad, Sultan II. Murad west bank of the Tunca, 1450 on a very large area began building a new palace in Edirne. After the death of the son of Sultan Mehmed II was completed by 1451. Among the ruins, Cihannüma Pavilion, Sand Mansion Bath, Babusseade, Kitchen Supervisor and Justice Kasrı.
Mosques and Churches
Selimiye Mosque is the most important works of Mimar Sinan's mastery period Edirnen'nin work is one of the most beautiful examples of Ottoman architecture, the Selimiye Mosque.
1569 - 1575 II between the years. Built by Selim. Masonry, tiles and pen is a unique work of art in terms of jobs.
Three other important mosques and churches in the city Şerefeli mosque Muradiye Mosque, II. Beyazit Mosque and Complex, the Old Mosque, the Yildirim Mosque, Fatih Mosque (Enez Hagia Sophia), Sokullu complex (November Pasha Mosque), Sweti George's Church, the Jewish Havrasıdır.
Selimiye Mosque (Center) created by Mimar Sinan, 80 years old and my "Master piece," said the chief monumental works of Ottoman Turkish art and World Architectural History.
The mosque is the symbol of Edirne and Ottoman Empire, located in the center of the city. Structure with four minarets visible from far away, where the choice of establishment, is a city planning expert of Mimar Sinan, the show also.
Cut stone built mosque, covers an area of ​​2475 m2. Structure constructed on the history of architecture known as the Selimiye Mosque, the largest space, the height of 43.28 m, 31.30 m wide dome attract attention. That is larger than Hagia Sophia's dome dome sits on eight big positions, connected by six meters wide arches.
The mosque, besides the architectural features, stone, marble, tile, wood, mother of pearl adornment characteristics, such as extremely important. Marble altar and the pulpit of the masterpieces of craftsmanship. Tile adornments of the building, there is a special place in the Ottoman and World art. XVI. century. The best examples of tile making, these tiles, 'underglaze' technique, made at Iznik.
3.80 m in diameter and 70.89 m height of Selimiye mosque, there are three balconies in four elegant minarets. Sentence of three-way both sides of the door and climbed by separate stairs to the balconies. The other two minarets, one passage.
The building which was built as a complex, expansive outdoor courtyard Darüssıbyan, there Darülkur'a and Darülhadis structures.
Three Şerefeli Mosque (Center): Between 1443-1447, II. Built by Murat. Mosque Ottoman art, is located between the early and classical periods, style. Here, faced with a plan for the first time. 24 meters diameter having big central dome, two grade, sits on four wall grades based on the six. There is a smaller two domes and covered square divisions at sides. The building has a rectangular plan cross as a novelty. This plan, Mimar Sinan, to Istanbul mosques implemented with more advanced form. In addition to this mosque in Ottoman architecture, the first time in the courtyard with porticoes. Minarets are placed in four corners of the courtyard. Mosque with three balconies, the latter mosques with these characteristics is a monumental structure of the pioneers.
Monumental minaret with three balconies, which named the mosque, 67.62 meters high. Separate ways to climb to the balconies. Adornments of the mosque are also interesting. Kubbelerindeki original pen works colonnades, the oldest examples of Ottoman mosque.
Muradiye Mosque (Center): Muradiye neighborhood on a hill Sarayiçi II. Built by Murat. There is no dating on its inscription. Side mekanlı (angular) is an example of the most beautiful mosques.
Mosque, the simplicity of external appearance, but according to internal adornment XV. most drawing attention structures century Ottoman art. Niche and walls covering tiles, the most beautiful examples of Turkish tile art.
II. Bayezid Mosque and the Complex (Center): Tunca River, 2 km away from the city center complex, the most important structures of Edirne. The mosque, medical theology school, soup kitchen, hospital, bath, kitchen, food stores and other divisions spread over a wide area. II. Between 1484 and 1488 the architect of the kulliye Bayezit Hayreddin. Complex with a very impressive appearance, close to the dome is covered with large and small-to-face.
The most interesting of the buildings 20.55 m in diameter with a dome, monumental mosque with two minarets. Nine domes at both sides of the main dome area, the guest (publishing site) has sections. These sections are opened out directly. Marble niche and pulpit have simple appearance. Porphyry marble, extremely elegant sovereign gallery, the first example in Edirne.
Old Mosque (Center): The Ottomans in Edirne is the oldest surviving monumental structure. 1403'de began to be built by Emir Süleyman Çelebi Sultan Mehmet 1414'te completed on time. Architect, Konya Haci Alaeddin, Abraham ibn Umar foreman.
Yıldırım Bayezid Mosque (Center): Edirne XIV. century is the oldest mosque in the city center and 3 km away. Its plan and its column headers, the structure shows a crucifix planned Byzantium church. Transformed into a mosque in the name of Yıldırım Bayezid (1400) were re-main outside. South axis of the structure, however, is not complying with the altar, laid the corner of one of the branches cross, has a curved appearance. Current view of the four arches, a dome and single minaret mosque.
Fatih Mosque (Hagia Sophia Enos Enos): Byzantine-era building, quite large. Edge walled, crucifix planned churches group.
The building turned into a mosque with placing niche and balcony to the south branch of the Ottoman period. With lengthwise progressed crucifix plan middle Byzantine, late Byzantine period, the external surface tile adornments is interesting because it shows characteristics. The mosque has collapsed.
Sokullu complex (November Pasha complex-Havsa): Havsa district of Edirne on track. Sokullu Mehmet Pasha, the son of 1576-1577 on behalf of the architect Sinan Pasha was built in November. The complex, two caravanserais, mosques, madrasas, a soup kitchen, double bath, lodge, consisted of bridge and guilds. Today only mosque, hamam, mosque courtyard based and understood that a wall oven-lobed, middle of the guilds and pray dome, binding mosque and caravansary in the complex are then added to the fountain.
Sweti George Church (Center): Kıyık district of Edirne was built in 1880. In 1889 the church, decorated articles written with Slav Bulgarian. There are some pictures remaining in the same place before the church. Building is well maintained.
Jewish Synagogue (Center): It is at Old City of Edirne, and constructed in 1902-1903. Today is ruined.
Caravansaries
Shop on the street in a row and the Rustem Pasha Caravanserai, an interesting example of classical Ottoman architecture, Mimar Sinan for Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent was built by the famous Grand Vizier Rustem Pasha.
Ekmekçioğlu Ahmed Pasha Caravanserai, I. Treasurer by order of Sultan Ahmed, was built in 1609 by Ahmet Pasha Ekmekçioğlu.
Bridges
One of the important building types of bridges in Edirne. Outside the work of Mimar Sinan in Edirne Edirne's bridges, located in the beauty of the other cities was not achieved.
This is the oldest bridges in the city of the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaeologus (1261-1282) era. Later renovated by Gazi Mihal Bey Bridge is remembered for his name (1420). Kemankeş 1640 Kara Mustafa Pasha Pavilion has added this time twenty-seven pointed arches on this bridge. Sahabettin Pasha in 1451 (Sarachane) Bridge and on a twelve-ke-Merle feet.
Fatih Fatih Bridge, built during 1452, which is a work of 1488'de Hayrettin'in Bayezid Bridge architect, Mimar Sinan's works among the 1560'da Palace (the Magnificent) Bridge, between the years 1608-1615 his Ekmekçizade Sedefkar Mehmed Aga Ahmed Pasha Bridge, completed in 1842-1847 at the junction between Meric Meric Arda Bridge (New Köpıü) the most important bond of Edirne.
Bazaars
The city's development over the period of transition paths and meet the growing economic and trade intensity imarets order to provide income as well as many mosques and caravanserai, bazaar and bazaar was built.
Sultan Celebi between 1417-1418 A bazaar by the architect Mehmet Alaeddin'e Old Mosque was built as a foundation.
Semiz Herzegovina in 1569, built by Architect Sinan Ali Pasha Ali Pasha Market consists of one hundred and thirty shops .. Bazaar is three hundred feet long, six doors. 73 arches, 255 feet long, consisting of 124 shops arastas, III. Murad (1574-1595) as an endowment for Selimiye Mosque by David Aga built.
Protected Areas
Edirne Gala Lake Nature Reserve
Location: Marmara Region, the province of Edirne, Enos district, Watermelon and Sheep Hill is located within the boundaries of villages. Size of the 2369 Ha. is.
Transportation: It is attained by way of Eceabat-Kashan-Enos, 10 km from the town of Enos. drive away.
Features: wetland area, lake and forest ecosystems and species in these ecosystems to contain a variety of sheltering, the existence of 111 bird species, endangered or rare species, especially the hilly wormwood, pelican, glossy ibis and cormorant species contain features such as the generation is very low .
Protection, scientific research and facilities aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of nature and the main purpose of the introduction of regulations oluşturmaktadır.Giriş-controlled kennel, parking, building and monitoring the location and the tower is envisaged for protection.
Bird population and the ecological state of the lake ecosystem (lake-level changes, salinity, depth, plankton and fitoplakton, heat, etc.) will be investigated and monitored issues.
Beaches
Edirne, sand beaches of the Aegean Sea coast of the Gulf of Saros, a qualified sahiptir.Bu shoreline within the boundaries of the administrative districts of the coast in Kashan, and Enos alır.Kıyı beaches suitable for use; Keşan'da Sazlıdere, Gökçetepe, Mecidiye, Plum, and the plateau Danişment Enos' Karaincirli also, Foundation, Gülçavuş, and Enos Sultaniçe beaches.
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