Papikio
Mountain in Rhodope, Greece
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Papikio (Greek: Παπίκιο) is a mountain in Rhodope, Greece. Christian ascetics and monks lived on the mountain during the Byzantine period.[2][3] Today, Byzantine monastery ruins can be found on the mountain.
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| Elevation | 1,483 m (4,865 ft) |
| Coordinates | 41.2195841°N 25.3068607°E[1] |
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| Country | Greece |
In Bulgarian, Papikio is known as Orlitsa (Bulgarian: Орлица). In Turkish, it is known as Kartal Dağı. It is the highest point of the Eastern Rhodopes as well as the highest summit of the Komotini Ridge (Bulgarian: Гюмюрджински снежник, romanized: Gyumyurdzhinski Snezhnik), which is shared by Bulgaria and Greece. The southernmost point of Bulgaria, Veykata (1463 m; Bulgarian: Вейката) is located a few kilometres to the north of Papikio.[4]
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