SPLIT

 City of Split: The Mediterranean Flower

The beautiful city of Split blooms on the sunny Croatian coast. Its beautiful, historic streets crowd happily around the square of Diocletian’s Palace, surrounded by mediaeval walls. The green of Marjan’s hill surges out from the town towards the Adriatic Sea which calmly stretches out to the horizon, dotted with paradise islands just waiting to be explored. Split is one of the best known tourist towns in Croatia and when you visit its picturesque streets and gaze out from the Riva towards the islands it is very easy to see why so many people choose to visit this fantastic destination each year.

The nucleus of Split is most definitely Diocletian’s Palace, a 1700-year-old Roman structure measuring approximately 160m by 190m. A gate or entranceway is located in the center along each of the four walls that lead down to the central square of Peristil, dividing the palace into four quarters.

 

Golden Gate of Diocletian's Palace

This gate was originally called Porta septemtrionalis but was renamed into Porta aurea (Golden Gate) by Venetians, which is what it is known as today.It is located on the northern wall of the palace adjacent to the Strossmayerov Park and the statue of Grgur Ninski. It is connected to a cardo, a north-south main street, leading to the central square of Peristil; this street is known as Dioklecijanova today (Diocletian’s Street).