CROATIA TRIP - DAY 7 - SPLIT

Today is our layover day in Split, famous for Diocletian's Palace.

Diocletian was born nearby and built this as a retirement place after he abdicated from the Roman throne in 305. The area called the palace is really constitutes the old town, or Stari Grad. The interesting thing about the Diocletian Palace area is that it is not architecturally or culturally intact. It has been used, misused, abandoned, and restored by whomever came along in the past two milennia. Which is what makes it so alive and interesting. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Monument.

We spent most of our time in the Palace area or on the Riva (walkway along the harbor.)