The bridge has no original inscription and when it was first built is not known; some sources hold it to be Byzantine, and say it took its name from standing close to the Yıldırım Beyazıd mosque. Süleyman the Magnificent had it repaired in 1544 and set an inscription on it.
It is 120 metres long and 4.34 wide, with nine arches of unequal span; the arches and parapets are of roughly dressed stone and the rest is rubble. The middle arch is higher than the others, so the deck slopes away from the centre towards both banks, and triangular cutwaters stand between the piers.
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).
