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The remains of Roman and Byzantine fortifications next to the so-called "Macedonian tower".

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.[1]

Legends claim that Orestias was founded by

Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.[1]
Orestias or Orestia is thought to have been the same town as Uscudama (other variants: Uskudama, Uskadama, Uskodama) or Odrysa (other variants: Odrysia, Odrysos, Odrysus) which was the first
Adrianoupolis.[1][3][4]
During the Ottoman period the name of Adrianou(polis) was paraphrased by the Turks and eventually became Edirne.

In 1920 when the Greeks took over most of

Eastern Thrace including Edirne, they restored the city's Roman name (Adrianoupolis) and not its old Greek name (Orestias), which was given to its suburb Karaağaç
, in remembrance of the ancient Thracian town.

Orestiada (or Nea Orestias or New Orestias) is a modern Greek town founded in 1923 on a site 17 km to the south of Orestias, to house Greek refugees who had to abandon the latter border town, which was given to Turkey (along with two villages) by the Treaty of Lausanne.

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References

  1. ^ a b c Anthon, Charles (1842). A Classical Dictionary, containing an account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors. New York: Harper and Brothers.
  2. ^ Duridanov, Ivan. The Language of the Thracians
  3. ^ Smith, William (1854). "HADRIANO´POLIS". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Mannert, Konrad (1812). Geographie der Griechen und Römer, Band 7. Nuremberg.


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