Radomir () or Sidiropetra (), is a mountain on the

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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border. At or Sign on the Bulgarian side of the peak. it is the highest peak in the

Belasica Belasica ( Macedonian and Bulgarian: , also translit. ''Belasitsa'' or ''Belasitza'', Ottoman Turkish: بلش Turkish: ''Beleş''), Belles (, ''Bélles'') or Kerkini (, ''Kerkíni'';), is a mountain range in the region of Macedonia in Southe ...

range. It is also known by its earlier Greek name ''Kalabaka'' (). In Bulgarian, the peak was named after the Bulgarian Emperor

Gavril Radomir Gavril Radomir (; ; anglicized as Gabriel Radomir; died 1015) was the Emperor (Tsar) of the First Bulgarian Empire from October 1014 to August or September 1015. He was the son of tsar Samuel (). Biography During his father's reign, his cousin ...

who took part in the

battle of Kleidion The Battle of Kleidion (; or Clidium, after the medieval name of the village of Klyuch, ; also known as the Battle of Belasitsa) took place on 29 July 1014, between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire. It was the culmination of the ...

in the Belasitsa mountains. Radomir is located north of Neochori, the nearest town on the Greek side, (pop. 418) doesn't appear to have a town status. It may be a village in Kerkini municipal unit. In such case the nearest town would probably be

Sidirokastro Sidirokastro (; ) is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is built near the fertile ...

, away. The nearest village on the Bulgarian side is distant Kolarovo (pop. 1826) and south-west of

Petrich Petrich ( ) is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the foot of the Belasica Mountains in the Strumeshnitsa Valley. According to the 2021 census, the town has 26,778 inhabitants. ...

, the nearest town on the Bulgarian side.

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Mountains of Bulgaria Mountains of Greece Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province Bulgaria–Greece border International mountains of Europe Landforms of Serres (regional unit) Mountains of Central Macedonia Two-thousanders of Bulgaria Two-thousanders of Greece {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub

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