Moglitsa is a village in the Rhodope Mountains

Rhodope Mountains

The Rhodopes are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Its highest peak, Golyam Perelik , is the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain...

 in southernmost Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, part of Smolyan

Smolyan

Smolyan is a town and ski resort in the very south of Bulgaria not far from the border with Greece. It is the administrative and industrial centre of the homonymous Smolyan Province...

 municipality, Smolyan Province

Smolyan Province

-Religion:The Smolyan province along with the Kardzhali Province is a province where the predominant religion is not Orthodox Christianity but Islam. However, unlike Kardzhali where the majority of the population is Turkish, the Muslim population of the Smolyan province is made up almost entirely...

. As of September 2005, it has a population of 483 and the mayor is Mitko Chochev. Mogilitsa lies at 41°30′N 24°39′E, 1,041 m above mean sea level

Above mean sea level

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, near the border with Greece

Greece

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 and the upper course of the river Arda, 35 kilometres southeast of Smolyan.

Mogilitsa is famous for Agushevi konatsi (Агушеви конаци), the 19th-century winter estate of a rich Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 feudal lord, Agush Aga, and his son. Built in 1834 by local Bulgarian masters, the castle-like complex consists of three buildings with a separate yard surrounded by a common wall with a richly-decorated tower in the southeastern corner. The estate has a total of 221 windows, 86 doors and 24 chimneys and is situated near the banks of the Arda.

Northwest of the village lie the ruins of an old fortress, possibly from Thracian

Thracians

The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes inhabiting areas including Thrace in Southeastern Europe. They spoke the Thracian language – a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family...

 times. Three kilometres to the east of Mogilitsa is Uhlovitsa

Uhlovitsa

Uhlovitsa is the name of a cave in the Blue Pools Area in the Smolyan Province of the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. The cave is close to the Mogilitsa village and 37 and 47 km away from Pamporovo and Chepelare respectively...

, one of the twenty caves in the vicinity of the village, which features water cascades and small underground lakes.