The church of Sveti Georgi stands in the Kiyik quarter of Edirne, where Bulgarian citizens lived in numbers in the nineteenth century, and it is still in use for worship after restoration. It was built in 1880, with the permission of Abdülhamid II, and is known locally as the Bulgarian church.
It is a three-aisled basilica in the Renaissance manner, of cut stone and brick, with a bell tower rising directly above the main door. The floor is laid in marble and the interior is furnished with a great many icons. It is on Sv. Georgi kilisesi Sokak in the Barutluk quarter, reachable by city transport.
Getting there
- Access
- City transport reaches it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Edirne as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.8 °C in January to 24.8 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (71 mm) and lightest in August (23 mm). Long-term means for 1930-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
