The exhibition “Jajce - the Royal Town ” will open today at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. B&H Presidency Chair Zeljko Komsic will open the exhibition and UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura will attend the opening. The Royal Bosnian Emblem will be presented at the exhibition, as well as some other historical exhibits.

The exhibition is organised as a part of activities for nomination of Jajce to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

During the five day event visitors will be able to see numerous characteristics of this old town where more than twenty national monuments are located. One of the town's landmarks is 21 meters high waterfall located at the very centre of the town. The waterfall has been ranked 12th at the list of the world's most beautiful waterfalls.

Jajce was first mentioned in 1396, in a written document which stated that Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic (1350 - 1416) was the founder of a town called “conte di Jajcze”. The name of Jajce originates from the egg-shaped rock on which the fortress was built.

Jajce was the residence of Bosnian kings in the 15th century and the last Bosnian King Stjepan Tomasevic was crowned there in 1461.