Џами Тепе, Mountain summit in Maleshevo Mountains, Bulgaria and North Macedonia.
Džami Tepe is the highest summit of the Maleshevo Mountains, reaching 1,803 m on the border between Bulgaria and North Macedonia. The summit is rounded with gentle slopes and barely rises above the flattened ridge line. It is built of metamorphic rocks, with subalpine grasses on top and beech and pine on the slopes. A border pyramid numbered 51 stands at the top.
The summit was called Dzhamo (also Dzhamа) until 29 June 1942, when the Bulgarian state renamed it Ilov Vrah after Dedo Ilyo Maleshevski, a Macedonian national figure. The new name was part of a policy of appropriating Macedonian national activists. The older name survives in Macedonian as Džami Tepe.
The summit's Bulgarian name, Ilov Vrah, was given on 29 June 1942 in honour of Dedo Ilyo Maleshevski, a Macedonian national figure, under a state policy of appropriating Macedonian national activists. Until then the peak was called Dzhamo or Dzhamа. A border pyramid numbered 51 stands at the summit.
The route to the summit requires good physical fitness and sturdy footwear as the terrain is demanding. Visitors should bring plenty of water and appropriate clothing since weather conditions can change quickly at higher elevations.
As you climb, the vegetation changes from dense beech and pine forests to open mountain grasslands. From the summit you can see both the Struma River valley and the Pirin Mountains in the distance.
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