Diocletian's Palace Split

Split , Croatia
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    Ancient ruins, Historic site, Historic walking area

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    In Search of Diocletian's Palace

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    I am quite well located here at Apartments Sandra right off the main street coming past the harbor, Dioclenian's Palace and the Green Market. I went out around 9:30 after a short trip to the supermarket and now I am back charging my batteries. I found out I could charge the new camera if I plugged it into the computer rather than the surge …

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    Schnel Schnel!!!

    Excuse the odd title for this one but after my stay in Split all that comes to my mind when I think of the coastal town is the weird and wonderful people I met during my stay. Whether it be the crazed, wrinkled old heshe (seriously we couldn't tell) who gave this blog it's title by shouting at us in german every time we stepped out our hostel or …

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    Split!!

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    ... .  After a much needed shower I headed back into town, this time looking for the old part which used to be part of Diocletian's palace, the city is kind of built around ruins, which the guide book says makes it into a large open air museum, I ...

  • 2

    Croatia

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    ... have been 5 minutes if I hadn't slipped and gone A over T on the bloody worn old roman marble steps! We arrived at Diocletian's 'Palace' - I use the word 'palace' loosely because had I read my information correctly I would have seen that 'ruin' ...

  • 3

    More from Dalmatia

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    ... late afternoon, and set out to see Split's main attraction, the partially-preserved ruins of the third-century-era Diocletian's Palace, built by Roman Emperor Diocletian. I strolled through the original underground tunnels of the palace, and then paid ...

  • 4

    Croatia - The beginning

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    ... excellent choice. We had a view of the city and could see all. Straight away, we decided to hit it hard. We went straight to Diocletian's palace. It's not actually a palace anymore, but it used to be. The outside walls are still there, and so are bits ...

  • 5

    Pulp Fiction 305 AD

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    ... capitol of the Dalmatia province of the Roman Empire was Solona, near the modern day port city of Split, Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. The Roman Emperor Diocletian, who ruled between AD 284 and 305, ordered the construction of a waterfront palace near ...

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    Split - Day 2

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    After a fantastic lie in, which lasted about 4 hours, we went exploring through Diocletian's Palace and ended up in the fish market on the other side. I bought an English paper in a nearby shop, only to discover that it was 2 days old, then we decided to ...

  • 7

    The Dalmatian Coast

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    ... humid. The area is surrounded by beautiful mountains and is right on the Adriatic sea. Most of Split is inside of ruined Roman walls called Diocletian's Palace, which is a huge rectangular fortress with beautiful old towers on the corners of the walls. ...

  • 8

    Finally, the sun has come out!

    ... shopping a little bit, especially in a town where everyone is so fashionable! On Tuesday, I finally visited Split's own World Heritage sight; Diocletian's Palace. Thanks to a walking tour found in my guidebook, I walked inside the walls through the ...

  • 9

    Wow!

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    ... a palm tree on the Adriatic Coast! One of the many reasons this place is great. The main thing to see in Split is Diocletian's Palace, built by the Roman Emperor Diocletian as a retirement palace after he stepped down from the position of Emperor. ...

  • 10

    Croatian Study Tour - Split

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    ... and I walked down by the harbor and looked in a few shops. We then met back up with the group for our tour through Diocletian's Palace. It was very interseting to learn that the water once came up to the palace walls and that Diocletian was not only a ...