STARA ZAGORA (Turk. Eski-Zagra)  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a See also:

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

department of See also:

• BULGARIA
• BULGARIA, EASTERN

Bulgaria, in Eastern See also:

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

Rumelia, on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern slope of the Karaja Dagh, 70 M . N.W. of See also:

• ADRIANOPLE
• ADRIANOPLE (anc. Hadrianopolis; Turk. Edirne, or Edreneh; Slay. Odrin)

Adrianople, with which it is connected by railway . Pop . (1906), 20,647 . It is surrounded by vineyards, and has also See also:

• CLOTH

cloth and See also:

• CARPET

carpet manufactures, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper foundries and tanneries . The See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

• SILK

silk and See also:

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

attar of'See also:

• ROSES, WARS OF THE

roses is carried on in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, which contains numerous See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs . The See also:

• TOWN

town having been almost wholly destroyed during the Russo-See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1877-78, was rebuilt on a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, with wide and broad streets radiating from a See also:

• FINE

fine central square, where are situated the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal public buildings . During the rebuilding, important Thracian, See also:

• ROMAN

Roman, See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine and Turkish antiquities were discovered . Stara Zagora, founded probably by the Macedonians, was known to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans as See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta Traiana, but afterwards, to distinguish it from a Macedonian town of this name, it was named Beroe or Berrhoea . By the See also:

• TURKS

Turks the name was changed in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to Eski-Zagra or Eski-Zaara, but after 1878 the Bulgarian name of Stara Zagora came into See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use .