Jajački mitrej | |
 The Mithraeum in Jajce on 16 July 2017 | |
  Location of Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the temple is found | |
| Alternative name | Jajački Mithraeum |
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| Location | Mitrasova, Jajce 70101, 87R8+8C Jajce |
| Region | Central Bosnia Canton |
| Coordinates | 44°20′27″N 17°15′58″E / 44.3407623°N 17.2660339°E |
| Type | Temple, sanctuary |
| Length | around 7 metres (23 ft) |
| Width | less than 7 metres (23 ft) |
| Height | floor level is 2.80 metres (9.2 ft) below ground level |
| History | |
| Founded | early 4th century AD |
| Abandoned | Not known |
| Periods | Roman Imperial |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1931 |
| Archaeologists | Dimitrije Sergejevski |
| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | Limited |
| Designation | |
| Official name | Mithraeum in Jajce, the historic (antique religious) monument |
| Type | Category 0 monument |
| Criteria | A, B, E ii.iii.iv.v., F i.ii.iii., G i.iii.v., H i., I i. |
| Designated | 21 January 2003 (?th session) |
| Part of | Jajce, the historic site (2494) |
| Reference no. | 1317 |
| Decisio no. | 06-6-743/03 |
| Operator | Agency for Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage and Development of Tourist Potential of Town Jajce |
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The Jajce Mithraeum, or Jajački Mithraeum (Serbo-Croatian: Jajački mitrej) is a temple (Mithraeum) dedicated to the Persian invisible sun god, Mithra. It was rediscovered in an archaeological dig in 1931 in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1][2]
- ^ "The historic (antique religious) monument of the Mithraeum in Jajce". old.kons.gov.ba (in English and Bosnian). Commission to preserve national monuments. 12 January 2003. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ Bojanovski, Ivo (1988). Bosna i Hercegovina u antičko doba (in Bosnian and English). Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine. ISBN 9788671230193. Retrieved 22 September 2018.