Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Summary
Uzunköprü — 'the Long Bridge' — is a town named after the exceptionally long bridge spanning the Ergene River at its entrance from the Havsa road 1.
Form
The bridge was built for Murat II in 1444 by Hacı Ivaz Pasha: 1,392 metres long, carried on 173 arches 1.
For young visitors
A bridge more than a kilometre long that people have crossed since 1444 — the whole town is named after it.
Curatorial notes
- Source read: Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011), p. 106 (Uzunköprü: The long bridge).
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Sources
- John Freely, A History of Ottoman Architecture (2011) , p.106
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Uzunköprü Bridge”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/uzunkopru-bridge/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.