Monday, April 1, 2019

Europe (Split, Croatia) March 2019 D-11 (Part 1)


Day 11 Wednesday 27 March 2019 

Sri America's tour brochure quotes "In the morning visit the Diocletian's Palace where you will see the Peristil, the Golden & the Silver Gates, the Temple of Jupiter & the Cathedral & other interesting sights; After lunch, leave Split for Zadar for a tour of the oldest continously inhabited city in Croatia to view St Donat Church & the Roman Forum; After that, it is off to Pitvice for dinner & overnight stay" 

1) Split, is a town on Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, known for its beaches and the fortress like complex, Diocletian's Palace, erected by the Roman emperor in the 4th century. Within its white stone walls & under its courtyard are a cathedral & numerous shops, bars, hotels & houses. 


" Diocletian's Palace is an ancient palace built for the Roman Emperor Diocletian at the turn of the 4th century AD, that today forms about half of the old town of Split, Croatia "

1) Section of the Palace Walls & Gates


2) Statute of bishop Gregory of Nin in the Giardin Park, Split 


3) Golden Gate


4) Cathedral of Saint Dominus 



5) Julius Nepos (C.430-480), last western emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he was murdered by his own soldiers in Diocletians Palace 

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