Split is one of the Adriatic's most vibrant cities: an exuberant and hectic place full of shouting stall-owners and travellers on the move. At the heart of the city, hemmed in by sprawling estates and a modern harbour, lies the crumbling old town, which grew out of the former palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. The palace remains the central ingredient in the city's urban fabric – lived in almost continuously since Roman times, it's gradually been transformed into a warren of houses, tenements, churches and chapels ... More
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Split is one of the Adriatic's most vibrant cities: an exuberant and hectic place full of shouting stall-owners and travellers on the move. At the heart of the city, hemmed in by sprawling estates and a modern harbour, lies the crumbling old town, which grew out of the former palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. The palace remains the central ingredient in the city's urban fabric – lived in almost continuously since Roman times, it's gradually been transformed into a warren of houses, tenements, churches and chapels by the various peoples who came to live here after Diocletian's successors had departed.
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