Mogorjelo

Mogorjelo is a Roman villa rustica which dates back to the early 4th century AD [1]. It is situated on a hill between the rivers Trebižat and Neretva, 5 km south of Čapljina [1]. An Italic settler had a private manor complex built for agricultural purposes on the Mogorjelo site in the mid first century CE [1]. He located the building designed for processing agricultural produce on a salient on the hill, and the residential building on the south slope exposed to the sun [1]. This building burned down in the third century [1]. In the early fourth century, a state-owned estate was constructed over the ruins, with a villa which now forms the major feature of the complex [1]. The villa at Mogorjelo supplied the town of Narone [1].