Aladag, Mountain summit in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Bozhitsa, known as Aladag until 1989, is a 1240.5 m summit in the Yellow Ridge (Zhalti dyal) of the Eastern Rhodopes, on the border between Smolyan and Kardzhali provinces. It lies about 8 km south of Ardino and 24 km southwest of Kardzhali. Its partly bare, ravine-cut slopes are made of Proterozoic gneiss with brown forest soils.
The summit was called Alada until 1989, also recorded as Allah-dag (God's Mountain) in Turkish and Aladak on older maps. A State Council letter of 25 July 1989 renamed it Bozhitsa. Remains of an ancient road run through the southern foot of the peak, passing the Ustra fortress toward the Makaza pass and the Aegean Sea.
The peak was called Aladag, from the Turkish Allah dag, "God's mountain", until it was renamed Bozhitsa by a State Council letter of 25 July 1989; the Bulgarian name means "little goddess". Older maps also record the form Aladak, and the summit is still known locally as Pastra gora, "motley forest".
The summit lies on the border between Smolyan and Kardzhali provinces, about 8 km south of Ardino. A tourist hut stands on the western side. Trails are unmarked; the closest villages are Burevo, 1.5 km south-southwest, and Garnati, 2–2.5 km south.
The summit marks the border between Smolyan and Kardzhali provinces. At its southern foot, traces of an ancient road are visible, running through the Ustra fortress toward the Makaza pass and the Aegean Sea. A tourist hut stands west of the peak.
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