Papikio () is a mountain in

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, Greece. Christian ascetics and monks lived on the mountain during the

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. 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

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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.

References

Geography of the Byzantine Empire Mountains of Greece Mountains associated with Byzantine monasticism Geography of Thrace Rhodope Mountains Byzantine monasteries in Greece {{Byzantine-geo-stub