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| Map: | Greece | ||||
| Elevation M: | 1483 | ||||
| Coordinates: | 41.2196°N 25.3069°W | ||||
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| Location: | Rhodope | ||||
| Country: | Greece | ||||
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Papikio (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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.
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: [[:bg:Гюмюрджински снежник|Гюмюрджински снежник]]|translit=Gyumyurdzhinski Snezhnik), which is shared by Bulgaria and Greece. The southernmost point of Bulgaria, Veykata (1463 m; Bulgarian: [[:bg:Вейката|Вейката]]) is located a few kilometres to the north of Papikio.[4]