Orestias
Edirne · Archaeological site
Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Ancient city
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Edirne
- Elevation
- 63 m
- Wikidata
- Q7101665
About
Orestias (Greek: Ὀρεστιάς), later refounded by Hadrian as Adrianople (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), was an ancient Greek settlement next to the Evros river in Thrace, near or at the site of present-day Edirne, and close to the current border between Turkey and Greece.
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Location
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