Uzunköprü

Uzunköprü is a sma toun an a destrict o Edirne Province in northwastren Turkey.

It is on the railwey line frae Istanbul towards Sofia, Belgrade an wastren Europe, an a frontier post on the Greek border.

 Lang Brig 
The "Lang Brig" () gae its name tae the toun. The brig wis biggit atween 1426 an 1443 bi heid airchitect Muslihiddin on the orders o Ottoman Sultan Murad II.  The auncient stane-biggit brig, which haes 174 airches, is  lang an up tae  wide. Some o the airches are pointit an some are roond. Uzunköprü is the langest stane brig in Turkey.

The brig wis made tae cross the Ergene River, which wis a naitural barrier for advances intae the Balkans for the Ottoman Empire; its auld name wis Ergene Brig (). It is sae lang in order tae cross a law-lyin mairshy aurie. The brig wis restored in 1963.

The Edirne – Izmir state road still passes ower Uzunköprü.

 Freemit airtins 
 Uzunköprü website 

Category:Ceeties in Turkey
Category:Greece–Turkey border crossins
Category:Destricts o Edirne Province
Category:Ottoman brigs in Turkey
Category:Populatit places in Edirne Province