Citadel of the Walled city of Jajce

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.
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Photo: Kisanova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fortified Old town of Jajce
  • Also known as: “Castle of Jajce”, “Citadel of Jajce”, “Citadela u Jajcu”, “Fortress in Jajce”, “Fortress in Jajce, the architectural ensemble”, “Fortress of Jajce”, “Jajačka citadela”, “Jajce (tvrđava)”, “Jajce Castle”, “Jajce Citadel”, “Jajce Fortress”, “Jajce Old Town”, “Old town of Jajce”, and “Tvrđava u Jajcu”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jajce citadel main portal and Saint Mary’s Church.

City gate
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city gate.

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. is situated 150 metres south of Citadel of the Walled city of 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 , .

Citadel of the Walled city of Jajce

Latitude
44.34074° or 44° 20′ 27″ north
Longitude
17.26922° or 17° 16′ 9″ east
Open location code
8FPV87R9+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 964069177
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q3398816
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Turkish—“Citadel of the Walled city of Jajce” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Jajačka tvrđava”
  • Croatian: “Jajačka tvrđava”
  • Estonian: “Jajce kindlus”
  • French: “forteresse de Jajce”
  • French: “Forteresse de Jajce”
  • German: “Festung Jajce”
  • Japanese: “Jajce城”
  • Macedonian: “Тврдина Јајце”
  • Serbian: “Јајачка тврђава”
  • Serbian: “Јајце (тврђава)”
  • Serbian: “Јајце”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđava Jajce”
  • Slovenian: “Obzidano mesto Jajce”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad amurallada de Jajce”
  • Turkish: “Yayçe Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dizdar or Women’s Mosque and Okića džamija.

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