The Golden Gate through the palace walls

Split

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June 2nd 2013
02 June 2013 Split is located on the shores of the Adriatic and so after a month of travelling through central Europe we saw the sea for the first time since we left Calais. We went into the city and had a happy day wandering around Diocletian’s Palace, one of the most imposing Roman ruins in existence. It is a walled quarter which remains the living heart of Split containing a labyrinthine ... read more

Europe » Croatia

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more