Many people call Split, a town under the protection
of UNESCO, “the most beautiful town in the world”.
This ageless city with the population of around 300,000
inhabitants (including its wide area), which give it
a warm Mediterranean charm, lives with its urban rhythm
for already more than 1,700 years, it abounds in many
cultural and historical monuments and one of the best
examples of it is the widely known Palace of Deocletian.
The palace is the most important monument of Roman architecture on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. It was built around the year 300 and it has the form of an irregular square. The peristyle is the central free area of the palace. On the eastern side of the peristyle is the mausoleum of king Diocletian, today the Cathedral of Sv. Dujam.
Split is situated on the area with the warmest climate on the northern coast of the Mediterranean, in the centre of the Adriatic coast. Its mild climate with 2,700 hours of sunshine per year makes it an oasis where even in winter you can enjoy sunshine under the lee.
Trogir, a town resembling a palace: many poets tried to put in words their fascination with the historic town of Trogir. They all came to the same conclusion: you have to experience it, sense its smell, to love it. But when they did it, they fell in love with it once for all.
Houses built from stone and mainted with love emanate the feeling of tranquility. The play of light and shadow, which changes not only daily but almost with every hour, weaves every visitor into its net, both on the squares swarming with people from all around the world as on countless small streets, which seem completely deserted. This phenomenon makes you want to stay here forever.
Not in vain was Trogir proclaimed a town of world’s cultural heritage in 1998. |
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