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PHILIPPOPOLIS (Bulgarian, Plovdiv; Turkish, Felibe)

PHILIPPOPOLIS (Bulgarian, Plovdiv; See also:
TURKISH
Turkish, Felibe) , the See also:

capital of Eastern See also:

RUMELIA, or ROUMELIA (Turkish Rumili, " the land of the Romans," i.e. the East Roman or Byzantine empire)

Rumelia, and of the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Philippopolis, See also:

Bulgaria; situated in the midst of picturesque See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite eminences on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RIVER

river Maritza, 96 m. E.S.E. of See also:

SOFIA (Bulgarian Sredetz, the middle town, a name now little used)

Sofia and 97 M. W.N.W. of See also:

Adrianople. Pop. (1906) 45,572, of whom a large See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority are Bulgarians, and the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder chiefly See also:

TURKS

Turks, Greeks, See also:

Jews, Armenians or See also:

GIPSIES, or GYPSIES

gipsies. Philippopolis is on the See also:

main railway from See also:

Vienna to See also:

Constantinople, via See also:

BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade and Sofia. The Maritza is navigable up to this point, and as the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city has communication by See also:

RAIL

rail both with the See also:

PORT

port of See also:

DEDEAGATCH

Dedeagatch on the Mediterranean and that of See also:

BURGAS (sometimes written Burghaz, Bourgas or Burgas, and, in the middle ages, Pyrgos)

Burgas on the See also:

Black See also:

Sea, and is situated in a remarkably fertile See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, it has become the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief commercial centre of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern Bulgaria, and is the seat of both See also:

Greek and Bulgarian archbishops. The residences of the richer Greeks and Bulgarians occupy the slopes of the largest See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, the Jambaz-tepe, in the centre of the city; between it and the Nobtet-tepc, from the See also:

SUMMIT

summit of which there is a magnificent view of the city, is the Armenian See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter; near the See also:

BRIDGE

bridge over the Maritza is the poorer Turkish quarter; and See also:

south-See also:

west of the Jambaz-tepe there is a suburb of villas. On the Bunari-tepe a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument has been erected by the Russians in See also:

COMMEMORATION

commemoration of the See also:

war of 1877, and near this is the new See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

king of Bulgaria. The Sahubtepe is crowned by a See also:

CLOCK

clock-See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower. Not far from it are the beautiful See also:

EXHIBITION

Exhibition See also:

Park laid out in 1892 and the See also:

FINE

fine Journaia-Jami See also:

MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

Mosque. Near the Maritza are the remains of the See also:

ancient konak (palace) of the Turkish pashas, the public park formed by the Russians in 1877, the gymnasium, and the new Greek See also:

CATHEDRAL

The city has a large See also:

commerce in See also:

rice, See also:

ATTAR [or OTTO] OF ROSES (Pers. 'atar, essence)

attar of See also:

ROSES, WARS OF THE

roses, and cocoons; other exports being See also:

wheat, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

ALCOHOL

alcohol and hides. Eumolpia, a Thracian See also:

TOWN

town, was captured by See also:

Philip of Macedon and made one of his frontier posts; hence its name of Philippopolis, or " Philip's City." Under the See also:

Romans Philoppopolis or See also:

TRIMONTIUM

Trimontium became the capital of Thracia; Ind, even after its See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by the Goths, when See also:

IOO

Ioo,000 persons are said to have .been slain, it continued to be a flourishing city till it was again sacked by the Bulgarians in 1205. It passed under Turkish See also:

RULE

rule in 1363; in 1818 it was destroyed by an See also:

EARTHQUAKE

earthquake; and in 1846 it suffered from a severe conflagration. During the war of 1877-78 the city was occupied by the Russians (see also BULGARIA: See also:

HISTORY

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