Vezhen ( bg, Вежен ) is a peak in the western

Balkan Mountains The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border bet ...

, located in western

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

. At Vezhen is the 77th highest mountain in Bulgaria. It is situated in the

Teteven Teteven ( bg, Тетевен, ) is a town on the banks of the Vit river, at the foot of Stara Planina mountain in north central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Teteven Municipality which is a part of Lovech Province. As of Decemb ...

mountain. Its slopes mark the border of the

Tsarichina Reserve Tsarichina is a village in western Bulgaria, located in Kostinbrod Municipality. The Tsarichina Hole The town became famous among the paranormal community in the early 1990s and was even nicknamed, "Bulgaria's Area 51" due to its famed Tsarichi ...

. Around the peak's area is located the largest forests of

Pinus peuce ''Pinus peuce'' (Macedonian pine or Balkan pine) ( Serbo-Croatian/ Macedonian: молика, molika; Bulgarian: бяла мура, Byala mura) is a species of pine native to the mountains of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, the ...

in the Balkan Mountains.

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Image:Vejen1.jpg, Tourist at 2,200 m. Image:Panorama_tetevenski balkan.jpg, Panorama - Vezhen Peak is in far right. Mountains of Bulgaria Balkan mountains Two-thousanders of Bulgaria Landforms of Lovech Province {{Bulgaria-geo-stub