Continued from Spalatum – Part III A bit of a winding passageway is the only egress from the triclinium area of the palace and back toward the north. Near the entrance to the passage is a column capital mounted on a short pedestal. The passage winds for about 40 meters before opening up into an…
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Continued From Spalatum – Part II At the southwest corner of the peristyle is the Skočibušić-Lukaris Palace, rebuilt in the 15th century CE but with an uncertain original construction date. The building now houses the Treasury of the Split Cathedral as well as the ticket office for a number of sites managed by the cathedral….
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Continued From Spalatum – Part I Through the west side of hall 6a of the basement area of Diocletian’s Palace are two portals (directly opposite the two on the east side of the room) that lead to another small ventilation corridor (corridor 5). Unlike corridor 7, this opens back up to hallway Y at the…
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Most Recent Visit: June 2025 The settlement that would later become Spalatum under the Romans was originally founded by settlers from the Greek colony of Issa (modern Vis), located on an island of the same name about 50 kilometers off the coast. The colony was established as Spalathos (or Aspalathos) on a natural harbor on…
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Continued From Salona, Dalmatia – Part III While the majority of the archaeological remains of ancient Salona are contained within the archaeological park, there are a few things worth seeing outside the park as well. The easiest one to get to from the entrance of the archaeological park Marusinac cemetery complex. Marusinac is located about…
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Continued From Salona, Dalmatia – Part II. Along the exterior (east side) of the wall from the Porta Caesarea for about 70 meters north are the remains of portions of some residential insulae dating to the 3rd century CE. The pavement of a cardo running relatively parallel to the walls can be seen and the…
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Continued From Salona, Dalmatia – Part I A stairway descends from the top of the fortifications down into the area of the Episcopal Center of Salona, just to the west of the excavated towers. A few meters on and to the west of the bottom is a structure designated as Oratorium A. This space originally…
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Most Recent Visit: June 2025 Prior to the arrival of the Romans, the area of Colonia Martia Iulia Valeria Salona was part of the territory of the Dalmatae, an Illyrian tribe whose territory and name would later become the basis for the Roman province and modern region of Dalmatia. The Dalmatae seem to have broken…
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