Walled city of Jajce
The Walled City of Jajce is a medieval fortified nucleus of Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Jajce Citadel high above town on top of pyramidal-shaped steep hill, enclosed with approximately 1,300 metres long defensive walls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: Fortified Old town of Jajce
- Also known as: “Jajce Fortress”, “Jajce Old Town”, and “Old town of Jajce”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Citadel of the Walled city of Jajce and Jajce citadel main portal.
Citadel of the Walled city of Jajce
Castle
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Jajce Citadel, or Jajce Fortress, is a major medieval fortress in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the focal point as part of the Walled city of Jajce/Jajce Historic Site, and as such protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the KONS BiH.
Jajce citadel main portal
City gate
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Jajce citadel main portal is a city gate.
Saint Mary’s Church
Place of worship
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Saint Mary's Church, later Sultan Suleiman's Mosque or Fethija, was a place of worship in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Along with the remnants of the adjoining Saint Luke's Bell Tower, it is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Saint Mary’s Church is situated 160 metres south of Walled city of Jajce.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jajce and Carevo Polje.
Jajce
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Jajce is a small 14th-century walled town in nortwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, well known in former Yugoslavia for its waterfalls, fortress and old town.
Carevo Polje
Village
Carevo Polje is a village in the municipality of Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the place where, in 1463, Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror ordered the execution of the last King of Bosnia, Stephen Tomašević.
Walled city of Jajce
- Categories: old town, cultural property, historic site, cultural heritage, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Spanish—“Walled city of Jajce” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Stari grad Jajce”
- Estonian: “Jajce kindlus”
- French: “cité fortifiée de Jajce”
- French: “Forteresse de Jajce”
- German: “Altstadt von Jajce”
- Japanese: “Jajce城”
- Slovenian: “Obzidano mesto Jajce”
- Spanish: “Ciudad amurallada de Jajce”
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