Mogorjelo
Mogorjelo is a Roman villa rustica which date back to the early 4th century AD. It is situated on a hill between the rivers Trebižat and Neretva, 5 km south of Čapljina, alongside the road to Gabela in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dretelj camp and Počitelj Citadel.
Dretelj camp
Photo: J budissin, CC BY 4.0.
The Dretelj concentration camp or Dretelj prison was a prison camp run by the Croatian Defence Forces and later by the Croatian Defence Council during the Bosnian War. Dretelj camp is situated 1 km southeast of Mogorjelo.
Počitelj Citadel
Photo: Mediha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Citadel Počitelj is a castle in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This fortress was built by King Tvrtko I of Bosnia in 1383, and had a role of control a merchant route between Bosnian inland and the Adriatic sea coast, via Drijeva trg, through the valley of the Neretva river. Počitelj Citadel is situated 2½ km east of Mogorjelo.
Šišman Ibrahim Paša Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Šišman Ibrahim Paša Mosque is situated 2½ km east of Mogorjelo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dretelj and Trebižat.
Dretelj
Village
Dretelj is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Čapljina.
Trebižat
Village
Trebižat is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Čapljina.
Čapljina
Town
Čapljina is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere 20 kilometres from the Adriatic Sea.
Mogorjelo
- Type: Ruin
- Description: villa rustica in Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Categories: Roman villa, ancient Roman structure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“Mogorjelo” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Могорьело”
- Bosnian: “Mogorjelo”
- Croatian: “Mogorjelo”
- Georgian: “მოგორიელო”
- Greek: “Μογκόργιελο”
- Latvian: “Mogorjelo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mogorjelo”
- Ukrainian: “Могор’єло”
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