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- Split - History |
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It was in 295 A.C. - 1700 years
ago, that the Roman emperor
Gaius Valerius Aurelius Diocletianus started to build his palace
in the bay of Aspalathos on the Dalmatian coast, the land of his birth.
After his abdication in 305, the retired emperor left Nicomedia and settled
in the palace intending to spend the rest of his life there. The rectangular
Diocletian's palace occupies an area of about 28,900 square meters. |
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After Diocletian's death the palace remained an
imperial possession. The transformation of the palace into the town began in
the seventh century, when the inhabitants of nearby Salona took refuge in
the palace during the invasion of Avars and Slavs. |
| In the tenth and eleventh centuries
Split came under the rule of Croatian kings. At the beginning of the
twelfth century, like other Dalmatian towns, it became a free commune
under the direct authority of Hungaro-Croatian king. At the beginning of the
fifteenth century, the medieval free commune was replaced
byVenetian administration, which wasted until the end of the
eighteenth century. |
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In the nineteenth century, after a
short period under French rule, the town fell under the
Austro-Hungarian empire. After World War I, the role of Split as a
cultural, administrative and economic centre became still
greater, reflecting in the town expansion and large population influx.
Following the Second World War, during which the town suffered from frequent
air raids, there began the most dynamic development of Split. |
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