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Official name. Dioklecijanova palača. Location of Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian in Croatia. Diocletian's Palace ( Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača, pronounced [diɔklɛt͡sijǎːnɔʋa pǎlat͡ʃa]) is an ancient palace built for the Roman emperor Diocletian at the end of the third century AD, which today forms ...
In 305 CE, the emperor Diocletian, who had been shared the empire with Maximian, retired to a fortified palace he had built (in 293) in what was by now known as Spalatum. Model of Diocletian's palace. Dimensions of the palace: more than 170 meters wide, more than 200 meters long; walls of 15 meters high; enclosing some 38,000 square meters.
Restoration of Diocletian’s mausoleum in Split. Radoslav Buzancic. Diocletian’s mausoleum is one of the best preserved buildings from the fourth century, which only went through some minor modifications from the time that it was built. It was built in 305 A.D. within the imperial palace, near the city of Salona, the ancient center of Illyricum.
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Jun 8, 2021 · Spalatum is the traditional name for the location of Diocletian's palace, which was transformed into a city in the early Byzantine period and still constitutes the urban core of Split on the coast of central Dalmatia in Croatia.
Spalatum is the traditional name for the location of DIOCLETIAN’s palace, which was transformed into a city in the early Byzantine time and still constitutes the urban core of Split on the coast of central DALMATIA in Croatia. Excavations and restorations of the palace have been carried out since 1947. The name Spalatum probably derives from
Spalatum (modern Split, Croatia) is an ancient settlement on the Adriatic coast most noted for the palatial residence of the emperor Diocletian. Display location accuracy buffer (s) Show place in Google Earth . Show area in GeoNames , Google Maps, or OpenStreetMap. Canonical URI for this page:
Peristyle of Diocletian’s Palace. Split (Roman Spalatum) is city on the Dalmatian coast on a promontory in Kaštelanski Bay, southeast of Salona (modern Solin, Croatia). The etymology suggested by Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos from palatium (palace) is now considered incorrect—possibly, the Greek name was derived from a plant used in the ...
