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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 170 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VODENA (Turk. and Bulg. Voden, anc. See also:Edessa, q.v.)  , a See also:city of See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Salonica, western See also:Macedonia; at the source of the small See also:river Bistritza, which flows See also:east and See also:south into See also:Lake Yenije, and on the railway from Salonica to See also:Monastir . Pop . (1905) about 25,000, consisting of See also:Turks, Slays and Greeks . The See also:town stands on a rocky height commanding views of See also:Pindus and See also:Olympus; the approaching slopes are richly wooded, and traversed by picturesque waterfalls, from which the name of See also:Vodena (Slay. voda, See also:water) is probably derived . Vodena is the see of a See also:Greek See also:archbishop, and possesses numerous churches and mosques, besides unimportant remains of See also:Roman and See also:Byzantine buildings . It has manufactures of See also:cotton, See also:tobacco and See also:leather, and a large See also:trade in See also:wine, See also:silk cocoons and red See also:pepper .

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