Papikio
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Papikio () is a mountain in Rhodope, Greece. Christian ascetics and monks lived on the mountain during the Byzantine period. Today, Byzantine monastery ruins can be found on the mountain.
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Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Παπίκιον όρος
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- 1510
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- 20100126 Papikio Mountain Winter Rhodope Thrace Greece.jpg
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- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2649
- native label
- Παπίκιο
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Papikio () is a mountain in Rhodope, Greece. Christian ascetics and monks lived on the mountain during the Byzantine period. Today, Byzantine monastery ruins can be found on the mountain.
In Bulgarian, Papikio is known as Orlitsa (). 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 (), which is shared by Bulgaria and Greece. The southernmost point of Bulgaria, Veykata (1463 m; ) is located a few kilometres to the north of Papikio.
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