Medgidia

Medgidia is a city in Constanța County, Dobruja, south-jap Romania. Archaeological findings show that Dobruja changed into inhabited since the Neolithic duration. Starting with forty six BC the region become administered by using the Roman Empire. A castrum became constructed within the Carasu Valley, turning into the cradle of the agreement. In 1417, the Turks invaded Dobruja. From the fifteenth century onwards the location started out to be colonized with Muslim populace. The settlement named "Karasu" turned into referred to at the map of Iehuda ben Zara in 1497, inside the notes of Paolo Giorgio and Evliya Celebi.

Modern Medgidia become built by way of the Ottoman administration on the vicinity of the antique Karasu starting with 1856. It become constructed as a planned town to accommodate refugees from the Crimean War and to function an financial hub for the valuable quarter of Dobruja. The metropolis was named in honour of the sultan Abdülmecid I, the Ottoman sovereign of the period. After the Russo-Turkish War, Northern Dobruja have become part of Romania.