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Saranta Ekklēsiai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 16, 2018 11:37 PM — History

A town in Eastern Thrace with signs of habitation dating from the Paleolithic period; it became a major city in European Turkey in the Ottoman period, and is now the capital of Kırklareli Province.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/558465760

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.7324, 27.2514

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Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Kırklareli (AD 300 - Present) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Kırk Kilise (Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 1683)
- Kırklareli (Turkish, modern)
- Лозенград (Lozengrad: Bulgarian, modern)
- Quaranta Chiese (Italian, AD 1453 - AD 1683)
- Σαράντα 'Εκκλησίαι (Saranta Ekklēsiai: Ancient Greek, AD 850 - AD 1450)

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Saranta Ekklēsiai receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Saranta Ekklēsiai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/558465760> [accessed: 20 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/558465760 |title=Places: 558465760 (Saranta Ekklēsiai) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 20, 2024 6:43 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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