Diocletian's Palace (Split)

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This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian.

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English: Diocletian's Palace is an ancient palace built by the Roman emperor Diocletian at the turn of the 4th century AD, that forms now about half the old town of Split, in Croatia.
Hrvatski: Dioklecijanova palača.

Diocletian Palace global images[edit]

  • Diocletian's Palace (original appearance).jpg
  • Diocletian's Palace from the air.jpg

Diocletian Palace gates and walls[edit]

Porta aurea - Golden gate[edit]

Northern wall and gate, road to Salona.

  • Northern wall in 1907.

  • Tafel 03 Aufriss der Porta Aurea.jpg

  • Reconstitution (1912)

  • 1909

  • 1912

  • Porta aurea, northern gate of Diocletian's Palace, Split.jpg

  • Saint Martin's Church - 9th c near the Golden Gate

  • GOLDEN GATE, SPLIT, CROATIA.jpg

  • View from outside.

  • Split, S cast palace a mesta, pohori Kozjak.jpg

Porta argentea - Silver gate[edit]

Eastern wall and gate.

  • Eastern wall in 1907; the gate is in the center.

  • In 1984

  • In 2008

  • Interior side

  • External side

  • Split-Roman walls.jpg
  • Roman walls Split.JPG
  • Eastern gate, Porta argentea, of Diocletian's Palace, Split.jpg

  • The market (outside)

Bronze gate - Southern wall[edit]

Southern wall, along the Riva. Has been deeply modified during centuries. The Bronze gate (Porta aenea) has long been sealed.

  • Reconstitution of the Roman period.

  • Western side in 2004

  • South wall in 1764

  • 19th century

  • Left side in 1906.

  • Center

  • In 1906

  • Extreme left in 2006.

  • West limit in 2013, corner with the western wall, inside view.

  • Split4161.jpg
  • Split00857.JPG
  • Split shops.JPG
  • Split - Flickr - jns001 (19).jpg

  • Right side in 1906 with the tower.

  • East fortified tower.

Porta ferrea - Iron gate[edit]

West gate; above the gate: Our Lady of the Belfry (oldest romanesque bell-tower on the Adriatic coast, ca 1100). The Bell Tower is outside the perimeter.

  • Tafel 21 Der Palast vom Südwesten gesehen.jpg
  • Split - City wall.JPG
  • 20130603 Split 148.jpg
  • 20130605 Split 08.jpg

  • Inner view

  • From the west

  • From the cathedral tower

  • 1909

  • 1909

  • Split08(js).jpg
  • Fig 035 Ostwand des Westtores - Zustand 1906.jpg
  • 20130603 Split 110.jpg
  • BELL TOWER, SPLIT, CROATIA.jpg
  • Split - Romanesque tower at the western gate.JPG

  • Chapel of Our Lady of the Belfry (to be confirmed)

Peristyle[edit]

The Prothyron; contains also Our Lady of the Belt (1544); Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (1650); church of St Roch.

  • Reconstitution by Niemann in 1908

  • Reconstitution

  • 1909 Left

  • Left

  • Left

  • 1909

  • 1764

  • Fig 056 Aufriss der Vorhalle.jpg
  • Fig 062 Teile vom Aufbau des östlichen Peristylflügels.jpg
  • Tafel 011 Spalato - Kaiserpalast Vestibulum Fassade - Heliografie Kowalczyk 1909.jpg

  • In 1960

  • Split by Martin - 13.JPG

  • Prothyron

  • Prothyron

  • Split12(js).jpg
  • Split4141.jpg
  • Split city 2009 06.JPG

  • Peristil

  • Right

  • WallSplit.jpg

  • Miniature replica ot the Šibenik cathedral, renaissance, peristyle corner.

  • Fig 053 Nordostecke des Domplatzes 1909 ohne Einbauten.jpg

  • In 1905 by Niemann

  • 1764

  • 1764

  • Tafel 12 Schnitt durch das Mausoleum.jpg

  • In 1970 background to a market.

  • Peripteros

  • Cathedral of Split1.jpg

  • Roof of the Mausoleum

Frieze details[edit]

Tafel 22 Wandfriese im Mausoleum - Heliogravure nach Photo 1907.jpg
Tafel 23 Wandfriese im Mausoleum - Heliogravure nach Photo 1907.jpg

The Egyptian sphynx with head (15th c BC)[edit]

  • Fig 062 Teile vom Aufbau des östlichen Peristylflügels.jpg

  • 1909 with head

  • 1912

  • Diocletians Palace, Split (11908504186).jpg
  • SPHINX IN DIOCLETIAN'S PALACE, SPLIT, CROATIA.jpg
  • Sphinx in Diocletian's Palace - Split - Croatia.jpg

The cathedral entry with the lions of Radovan (13th c)[edit]

  • 1909

  • 1909

  • Tafel 017a Spalato - romanischer Löwe am Domeingang - Heliografie Kowalczyk 1909.jpg
  • Split - Peristyle 001.JPG
  • Diocletians Palace, Split (11908066464).jpg
  • Split - Diocletian's Palace - 2.JPG

  • Cathedral of Split

  • Cathedral of Split

Imperial temple - St John's baptistry[edit]

Traditionally named Temple of Jupiter although this link is not confirmed.

  • Reconstitution in 1912: note the columns

  • Temple of Aesculapius, Spalato (Split). Aquatint by Hall. Wellcome V0014505.jpg
  • Tafel 16 Aufriss der Ostwand und der Nordwand des Tempels.jpg

  • Status 1907

  • Drawing

  • Split - Cathedral (4).JPG

  • Pentagram

  • Relief of an 11 th century King

  • Left sarcophagus of John of Ravenna, first archbishop of Split (7-8th century)

  • Right sarcophagus of Lovro, archbishop of Split (11th century)

  • St. John the Baptist by Meštrovic

  • Rear side in 1909

  • Rear

Portal[edit]

  • Ornamented portal

  • Portal frieze 1909 picture

  • Tafel 17 Rahmen und Verdachung der Tempeltüre.jpg

  • Portal frieze detail

  • Portal frieze detail

Sphinx without head[edit]

  • Without head

  • Jupiter's Temple, Split 1.JPG

Vestibule[edit]

  • Outside view 1907

  • Vestibule

  • Reconstitution

  • 1904

  • 20130603 Split 181.jpg
  • 20130603 Split 187.jpg
  • Vestibule 1.jpg
  • Diocletian's Palace, Split (11907986203).jpg
  • Fig 071 Nischengewölbe im Vestibül.jpg

  • Vestibul

  • 20130603 Split 153.jpg

Prominent houses[edit]

  • Papalic mansion

  • Papalic mansion

  • Split by Martin - 06.JPG
  • Split, za hradbami palace - romansky dum rod.Gozzi.jpg
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