Underground Church with Catacombs in Jajce

The Jajce Catacombs, also known as the Jajce underground church, or simply Jajce crypt in , , is the historic burial site of Hrvoje Vukčić, a Bosnian nobleman who founded the city and ordered construction of the underground chapel with the crypt around 1400, which was finished before 1416, in time for his burial.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: Underground church building in Jajce Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Also known as: “Catacombs in Jajce, the historical monument”, “Catacombs of Jajce”, “Jajce underground church”, “Katakombe”, and “Podzemna crkva i katakombe”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Saint Mary’s Church and Citadel of the Walled city of Jajce.

Place of worship
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Saint Mary's Church, later Sultan Suleiman's Mosque or Fethija, was a place of worship in , . Along with the remnants of the adjoining Saint Luke's Bell Tower, it is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Castle
Photo: Kisanova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jajce Citadel, or Jajce Fortress, is a major medieval fortress in , . It is the focal point as part of the , and as such protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the KONS BiH. is situated 150 metres northeast of Underground Church with Catacombs in Jajce.

Photo: Dado, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jajce and Carevo Polje.

Photo: InDoRoN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small 14th-century walled town in , well known in former Yugoslavia for its waterfalls, fortress and old town.

Village
is a village in the municipality of , 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.

Village
is a in the municipality of , .

Underground Church with Catacombs in Jajce

Latitude
44.3396° or 44° 20′ 23″ north
Longitude
17.26832° or 17° 16′ 6″ east
Operator
Agency for Cultural Historical and Natural Heritage and Tourism Development of Town of Jajce
Open location code
8FPV87Q9+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1154975831
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­chapel
Wiki­data ID
Q31365493
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Turkish—“Underground Church with Catacombs in Jajce” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Katakombe u Jajcu”
  • Croatian: “Katakombe u Jajcu”
  • French: “catacombes de Jajce”
  • French: “Catacombes de Jajce”
  • Serbian: “Катакомбе у Јајцу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Katakombe u Jajcu”
  • Spanish: “Catacumbas de Jajce”
  • Turkish: “Yayçe Katakombları”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bear Tower and Saint Luke’s Bell Tower.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Burić House and Turist 98.

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