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12 photos and 4 illustrations tagged adrianople, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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Siege artillery arriving before Adrianople (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  Adrianople is an anglicized form of Hadrianopolis, a city currently in Turkey and known as Edirne.. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrianople See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria#The_Kingdom_of_Bulgaria for historical context about the Balkan Wars fought over territory in this area.

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks for the information about the place name. We'll add it to the source data and reload the description.

• Harry Angstrom said:

  In the Balkan Wars this area of Thrace was fought over: the Battle of Adrianople: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople_(1913) the Wars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_wars

Bulgarian giving water to dying Turk, Adrianople (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• sweltering toad said:

  So sad :(

• fPat Murray said:

  this may one of the best i've seen so far

• productive side said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• productive side said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called FLICKR AWARD GROUP, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• Geir Bergh said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called War Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Czar Ferdinand studying map before Adrianople (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Nathan Adams said:

  Ferdinand was czar of Bulgaria from 1908-1918. www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FerdiBul.html

• swanq said:

  Adrianople is in the area between Bulgaria and Turkey over which the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 were fought. See www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br/history/h4sep/bulgamil.htm

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks for your additional information. We will add it to the source data and reload the description.