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Why visit 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 (4,300 ft) long defensive walls,. It is one of the best preserved fortified capitals of the Bosnian Kingdom, the
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Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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 (4,300 ft) long defensive walls,. It is one of the best preserved fortified capitals of the Bosnian Kingdom, the last stronghold before the kingdom dissolved under the pressure of military advancement at the onset of Ottoman Empire takeover. The old Jajce city core with the Citadel and other individual sites inside, but also outside the walled city perimeter, such as the King's Grave, or the Jajce Mithraeum, Church of St John in Podmilačje, Vinac Fortress, orthodox Church of the Most Holy Mother of God, Franciscan monastery of Saint Luke, Roman Catholic cemetery Hrast, including the Pliva waterfall, is declared National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by KONS, as the natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce and proposed as such for inscription into the UNESCO's World Heritage Site list.
“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 (4,300 ft) long defensive walls,. It is one of the best preserved fortified capitals of the Bosnian Kingdom, the”
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