Jajce Mithraeum
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Location | Mitrasova, Jajce 70101, 87R8+8C Jajce |
| Region | Central Bosnia Canton |
| Coordinates | 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, No. 06-6-743/03) |
| Part of | Jajce, the historic site (2494) |
| Reference no. | 1317 |
| State | National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Operator | Agency for Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage and Development of Tourist Potential of Town Jajce |
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