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The Boydston Family continues our journey in Split, Croatia. This is our 4th month on the road as a nomad family. We are excited to share our experience with you. We have seen so many amazing sights in this city including Ancient Roman ruins, a palace, narrow stairs clock tower, super cheap food, and much much more.
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Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia
Diocletian's Palace is an ancient palace built by the Roman emperor Diocletian at the turn of the fourth century AD, that today forms about half the old town and city center of Split, in Croatia
Diocletian built the massive palace in preparation for his retirement on 1 May 305 AD. It lies in a bay on the south side of a short peninsula running out from the Dalmatian coast, four miles from Salona, the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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Top best places to visit in Split, Croatia
Split is the second largest city of Croatia and the largest city of the region of Dalmatia.
It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and because of its ideal climate, with a lot of sun each year, locals often nicknamed their city as the “Mediterranean Flower”.
Split is built around the Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and wandering the historic center you can still clearly see the Roman temples, squares, streets, gates and walls.
On the main square stands a building, originally built around year 300 as a mausoleum for the Roman emperor Diocletian, the Cathedral of Saint Domnius, the oldest cathedral building in the world.
There are four entrances to the Palace:
Through the monumental, eastern Silver Gate.
Through the western Iron Gate with the old city clock counting 24 digits. Outside this gate is located the Old Town Hall and the People’s Square, the central venue of the city’s social life.
The Golden Gate, the northern entrance, is a favorite tourist spot, together with the nearby grandiose statue of the Gregory of Nin.
The southern Brass Gate is modest in size but also the “main” gate as the tourists pass through it most frequently coming and going on the Riva, the main city promenade.
At the other end of the Riva promenade is situated a beautiful venetian plaza, the Republic Square.
Split is an oasis for those who look for a natural stress relief.
On Marian Hill there is a big forest park with wonderful panoramic views.
Around the park are many perfect places to swim, like the Kasjuni Beach.
Or, favorites among locals, the beautiful pine forest Bene Beach.
Split has many museums worth a visit, such as:
The Archaeological Museum, the oldest museum in Croatia.
The Museum of Fine Arts, which contains works from the 14th century up to the present day.
The Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments that presents cultural artifacts of the Croats in the Middle Ages.
The Mestrovic Gallery, an art museum dedicated to the work of the sculptor, Ivan Meštrović.
The city is a home for one of the biggest and oldest theaters in Croatia, the National Theater.
In Split you can not miss the multi-use stadium as it is one of the sportiest cities in the world.
Just outside the city are the ruins of Salona one of the biggest towns of the Roman Empire.
It has a very well preserved basilica, cemetery, amphitheater and many other Roman buildings.
About 10 km from Split there is the Klis Fortress, a medieval stronghold with fascinating history and an incredible view.
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Roman Show at 12,00 o'clock at the Diocletian Palace, Split, Croatia, 17.05.2017
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Jewish Quarter ,Split, Croatia
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Palace of Diocletian, Split, Croatia
A wonderful day in Split, Croatia at the Palace of Diocletian, Roman emperor from the 3rd Century.
EmperorDiocletian address to People of City Split Croatia
Split 24th August 2017 at noon
Diocletian's Palace. Split, Croatia 2015
Built around the turn of the fourth century AD, that today forms about half the old town of Split, Croatia. While it is referred to as a palace because of its intended use as the retirement residence of Diocletian, the term can be misleading as the structure is massive and more resembles a large fortress: about half of it was for Diocletian's personal use, and the rest housed the military garrison.
No, I did not use a potato to shoot this video. Just an S5. I happily upgraded to a Pixel not too long after.
For those of you wondering why I bothered to post this.. short answer, procrastination. Yes, 5 yrs of procrastination. Cleaning my server yesterday & discovered this shakey video of me wandering Diocletian's palace and since this channel is severely lacking content I figured why not throw on YouTube next to my other rarely watched videos.
And there you have it the answer to a question you didn't ask. Thanks for watching.
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The Nights Of Diocletian - 2017 Split Dalmatia Croatia
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Old Town in Split Croatia
Walking around the old town of Split you can see many old walls, arches, squares,cafes, town gates and statues. Background music is Rotten Gardenias by Huma-Huma.
Split, Croatia -- Bell Tower Views
Here are the rewarding views of climbing over 200 steep steps up the bell tower of St. Dominus Cathedral. Also watch other videos posted nearby.
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Climbing to the Top of the Belfry of Saint Domnius in Diocletian Palace in Split, Croatia
The Cathedral of Saint Domnius (Croatian: Katedrala Svetog Duje), known locally as the Saint Dujam (Sveti Dujam) or colloquially Saint Duje (Sveti Duje), is the Catholic cathedral in Split, Croatia. The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, headed by Archbishop Marin Barišić. The Cathedral of St. Duje is a complex of a church, formed from an Imperial Roman mausoleum, with a bell tower; strictly the church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and the bell tower to Saint Duje. Together they form the Cathedral of St. Duje. The Cathedral of Saint Domnius is the oldest cathedral in the world.
The cathedral was named after Saint Duje (Saint Dujam, or Saint Domnius) patron saint of Split, who was a 3rd-century Bishop of Salona. Salona was a large Roman city serving as capital of the Province of Dalmatia. Today it is located near the city of Solin in Croatia. Saint Duje was martyred with seven other Christians in the persecutions of the Emperor Diocletian. He was born in Antioch, in modern-day Syria, and beheaded in 304 at Salona.
Diocletian's Palace (Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača) is a building in the centre of Split, built for the Emperor Diocletian (a native of Dalmatia) at the turn of the 4th century. On the intersection of two main roads, cardo and decumanus, there is a monumental court Peristyle, from which the only access to Cathedral of St. Duje is to the east.
The Cathedral of St. Duje is composed of three different sections of different ages. The main part is Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum, which dates from the end of the 3rd century. The mausoleum was built like the rest of the palace with white local limestone and marble of high quality, most of which was from marble quarries on the island of Brač, with tuff taken from the nearby river Jadro beds, and with brick made in Salonitan and other factories.
Later, in the 17th century a chorus was added to the eastern side of the mausoleum. For that purpose the eastern wall of the mausoleum was torn down in order to unify the two chambers.
The Bell Tower was constructed in the year 1100 AD, in the Romanesque style. Extensive rebuilding in 1908 radically changed the Bell Tower, and many of the original Romanesque sculptures were removed.
One of the best examples of Romanesque sculpture in Croatia, are the wooden doors on Cathedral of St. Duje. They were made by the medieval Croatian sculptor and painter Andrija Buvina around 1220. Two wings of the Buvina wooden door contains 14 scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, separated by rich ornaments in wood.
Holidays in Split (Central Dalmatia, Croatia)
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Split - pearl of Central Dalmatia.
Ideal place for holiday (from January - December).
You can visit:
- THE HOLLY CROSS CHAPEL (KAŠTELET)
- THE MEŠTROVIĆ GALLERY
- MUSEUM OF CROATIAN ARCHAEOLGICAL MONUMENTS
- THE NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
- ART GALLERY
- CROATIAN MARITIME MUSEUM
- ETNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
- CITY MUSEUM
- THE CATHEDRAL (ROMAN MAUSOLEUM)
Photographed: 19.11.2011
Split Croatia 2016 - Diocletian palace
Roman Soldiers marching at diocletian palace in Split Croatia
Exploring Diocletian’s Palace and Beyond - Spit, Croatia
The last day & a half of our time in Croatia was spent in the beautiful historic city of Split. Given it was a Sunday, live music was scarce, even tho PJ's Yellow Ledbetter was blasting from La Bodega's speakers as we walked past. However, Split offered plenty of sites to keep us busy and almost all within the walls of Diocletian’s incredible Palace. We hope watching this video gives you an idea of what you’ll experience in Split.
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Cathedral of St. Dominus in Split, Croatia
Cathedral of St. Dominus in Split, Croatia on the site of Diocletian's Palace.