Momina Mogila (1713 m) is a peak in the western part of the Balkan Mountains, southwest of the town of Berkovitsa. The legend of the peak says: It was an early spring. The shepherds began to bring their sheep and cattle to graze. A gypsy caravan was traveling on the road from Berkovcha (now the town of Berkovitsa) to Pirot. There was also a Bulgarian girl in the camp, who the Gypsies raised as a child. At night, the gypsy camp spread its tents on a beautiful meadow above the “Zdravchenitsa” area of the Balkans of the Berkovitsa. The men lit large fires around which a lively joy began. Later in the evening, a band of outlaws passed by, who joined the Gypsies.
At one point, the one carrying the flag began to look at the Bulgarian girl, on whose beautiful face the flames were playing. Not long after, the outlaw rose and went to her. He asked her if she had any brothers or sisters, and she replied that she had lost her only brother, who had a birthmark long ago. The villain turned out to be her brother.
The brother and sister got into a tight hug after the long-awaited meeting.
They celebrated and danced until the fires went out. Everyone was watching the meeting between the brother and the lost sister, found after so long. Later, he asked the captain for permission to take the girl in the troop. He agreed, with an open heart, but the Gypsies did not give her to him. One after the other they started shouting that she had grown up with them and that the place was where she would live and die. A young Gypsy, in love with the Bulgarian woman, stuck a knife behind her. Her brother took her in his arms and led her up the ridge. The outlaw’s suffering was indescribable, only after he had found his only close person. They buried her with outlaw honours. Since then, this height has been called “Momina Mogila”.