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Diocletian's Palace (Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača, pronounced [diɔklɛt͡sijǎːnɔʋa pǎlat͡ʃa], Latin: Palatium Diocletiani) was built at the end of the third century AD as a residence for the Roman emperor Diocletian, and today forms about half of the old town of Split, Croatia. While it is referred to as a "palace" because of its ...
The Cellars of Diocletian's Palace, sometimes referred to as the "basement halls", is a set of substructures, located at the southern end of Diocletian's Palace [1] (now the southernmost part of Split's Old Town), that once held up the private apartments of Emperor Diocletian [1] and represent one of the best preserved ancient complexes of their kind in the world.
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The Bronze Gate was the main gate of Diocletian's palace (via the sea), located in the middle of the south wall; today this section of the outer walls is the best preserved. The gate is built in a style described by one modern guidebook as "anonymous and functional", [1] and differs completely from the other three gates of the palace. It is ...
The Porta Occidentalis was a secondary gate of Diocletian's palace, as it was not the main gate and was located in the middle of the west wall.Made up of two parts, an outer and inner gates designed as a defensive system [9] the architecture has a rich profile, while the arch is easily profiled.
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The Porta Septemtrionalis was the "main landward gate" of Diocletian's palace, [6] located in the middle of the northern wall. Its exterior opening measures 4.17 by 4.36 meters; above the lintel is a 3.02-meter-high arch composed of 19 stone blocks. [7]
Modern view of the Peristyle in Diocletian's Palace (Split, Croatia) Diocletian retired to his homeland, Dalmatia. [209] He moved into the expansive Diocletian's Palace, a heavily fortified compound located by the small town of Spalatum on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, and near the large provincial administrative center of Salona. [210]