According to abbreviationfinder, Split is the second largest city in Croatia and largest city in Dalmatia, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, on a peninsula towered over by the Marjanberg (175 m above sea level) (forms the bay of Split with the island of Čiovo), (2011) 167 100 Resident.
Cultural and economic center of Dalmatia with the seat of a Catholic archbishop, university (founded in 1974), institute for maritime trade of the Croatian Academy of Sciences, oceanographic institute (with aquarium) and research institute for the preservation of Dalmatian monuments, several museums (including ethnographic, archaeological, natural history Museum with zoological garden, Meštrović museum), theater. Important industrial sectors in Split are shipbuilding, building materials (cement), chemical, electrotechnical and food industries (including fish processing). Important tourism (Diocletian’s Palace) and center of a tourist region; Railway terminus (from Zagreb) and ferry port to the nearby islands of Brač, Šolta, Hvar, Korčula, Vis, Lastovo and Italy (Ancona, Pescara), north of the city international airport.
Attractions
The palace complex (216 m long, 175–179 m wide) was built in 295–305 by the Roman emperor Diocletian erected and, after his abdication (305), inhabited until his death. The complex, laid out according to the system of a fortified camp, with palace, cult, economic buildings and personnel area is surrounded on the three sides by a 2 m thick and 16–23 m high palace wall with corner towers and double tower gates; Today it forms the city wall of the old town (UNESCO World Heritage Site), which was severely damaged in the Serbian-Croatian war in 1991 and following. The octagonal mausoleum of the emperor has been used as a church since the early Middle Ages and expanded into a cathedral in the late 13th century (rebuilt several times, restored in the 19th century); carved doors and pulpit (both early 13th century), choir stalls (13th century); 61 m high Romanesque bell tower (13th-14th centuries, completed in the 16th century). The cathedral square occupies the peristyle courtyard of the palace. A second sacred complex comprised three temples; the temple of Jupiter was transformed into a baptistery in the 8th century (baptismal font with braided ribbon, 11th century). On the upper floor of the Golden Palace Gate, the small St. Martin’s Church was set up in the 11th century, and the Mother of God Church on the upper floor of the Iron Gate; next to the iron gate bell tower (1081). – Outside the Diocletian’s Palace are among others. the town hall (1443; remodeled in neo-Gothic style in the 19th century) and the Milesi Palace (17th century). The abandoned Trinity Church (11th century) on the northern edge of Split is a central building built on ancient foundations. Century redesigned to the baptistery (baptismal font with braided ribbon, 11th century). On the upper floor of the Golden Palace Gate, the small St. Martin’s Church was set up in the 11th century, and the Mother of God Church on the upper floor of the Iron Gate; next to the iron gate bell tower (1081). – Outside the Diocletian’s Palace are among others. the town hall (1443; remodeled in neo-Gothic style in the 19th century) and the Milesi Palace (17th century). The abandoned Trinity Church (11th century) on the northern edge of Split is a central building built on ancient foundations. Century redesigned to the baptistery (baptismal font with braided ribbon, 11th century). On the upper floor of the Golden Palace Gate, the small St. Martin’s Church was set up in the 11th century, and the Mother of God Church on the upper floor of the Iron Gate; next to the iron gate bell tower (1081). – Outside the Diocletian’s Palace are among others. the town hall (1443; remodeled in neo-Gothic style in the 19th century) and the Milesi Palace (17th century). The abandoned Trinity Church (11th century) on the northern edge of Split is a central building built on ancient foundations. – Outside the Diocletian’s Palace are among others. the town hall (1443; remodeled in neo-Gothic style in the 19th century) and the Milesi Palace (17th century). The abandoned Trinity Church (11th century) on the northern edge of Split is a central building built on ancient foundations. – Outside the Diocletian’s Palace are among others. the town hall (1443; remodeled in neo-Gothic style in the 19th century) and the Milesi Palace (17th century). The abandoned Trinity Church (11th century) on the northern edge of Split is a central building built on ancient foundations.
History
Split, which emerged in the 7th century from the Diocletian’s Palace built near Salona and the late antique town of Spalatum built near the palace , was an important port and trading city as early as the 8th century. It was under Byzantine sovereignty from 812-1069, then it was disputed between Venice and the Croatian kings; belonged 1105–1420 with interruptions (1165–80 Byzantine, 1327–57 Venetian) to Hungary. 1420–1797 the city was owned by Venice, came to Austria in 1797 (1808–13 French), and in 1918 to what was later to become Yugoslavia.
