Rozhen, Bulgaria ( ) is a village in the municipality of

Sandanski Sandanski ( ; , formerly known as Sveti Vrach, , until 1947) is a town and a recreation center in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Blagoevgrad Province. Named after the Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary Yane Sandanski, it is situated in Sanda ...

, in

Blagoevgrad Province Blagoevgrad Province (, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia (), (''Pirinska Makedoniya or Bulgarska Makedoniya'') is a province ('' ...

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 ...

.Guide Bulgaria
Accessed May 5, 2010 It is situated at the south-western foothills of the

Pirin The Pirin Mountains ( ) are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with the highest peak, Vihren, at an altitude of . The range extends about from the north-west to the south-east and is about wide, spanning a territory of . To the north ...

mountain range and is nestled within the

Melnik Earth Pyramids The Melnik Earth Pyramids () are rock formations, known as Hoodoo (geology), hoodoos, situated at the foothills of the Pirin mountain range in south-western Bulgaria. They span an area of 17 km2 near the town of Melnik, Bulgaria, Melnik, Bla ...

. In its outskirts is located the

Rozhen Monastery The Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God (, ''Rozhenski manastir "Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno"'', Greek: Μονή Ροζινού, ''Moni Rozinou'') is the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, nestled in ...

, the largest one in Pirin. The Greek name of the village is "Ροζινός" (Rozinos).

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Villages in Blagoevgrad Province Populated places in Blagoevgrad Province {{Blagoevgrad-geo-stub