This human energy also reminds that Split remains a living, breathing city amid its historical ruins. Read more: Unsettling Reasons You May Want To Avoid Taking A Cruise The Palace of Diocletian ...

But a close look at the surviving facade of the Roman palace fronting its harbor reveals its ancient roots. In the fourth century AD, when the Roman emperor Diocletian retired, he built a vast ...

Some 1,700 years on, the Emperor Diocletian would still recognise his palace – or the shell of it, at least. This vast, rectangular complex fell into disuse in the sixth century, 300 years after ...