Saranta Ekklēsiai
settlement · 300 AD – 2100 AD
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.
- Coordinates
- 41.73240, 27.25140
- Also known as
- Kırk Kilise (tr), Kırk Kilise (tr), Kırklareli (tr), Kırklareli (tr), Lozengrad (bg), Quaranta Chiese (it), Σαράντα 'Εκκλησίαι (grc), Лозенград (bg)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)