Diocletian, a Roman emperor originating from the Split area, had a palace built for him in 305 AD to retire after his abdication. The palace is a large…
Facade, sea side.
Corner tower.
Underground rooms in the palace.
The peristyle. Front: prothyron, entrance to the imperial apartments.
Vestibule (room at the entrance) of the imperial apartments.
Croatian a-capella singers inside the palace (vestibule).
Mausoleum (right - octogonal building) and cathedral tower (middle, late Roman, ca. 1300).
Mausoleum, originally contained Diocletian's body.
Sphinx, brought from Egypt to embellish the peristyle.
Residential area inside the palace complex.
Palace gate.
National Square outside the Diocletian Palace.
The town hall, outside the Diocletian Palace, Venetian style, 1455, renovated 1890.