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Split Croatia on the Adriatic Sea

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May 21st 2014
The blog site for Split Croatia contains 26 photos. Split Croatia is a city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea and one of the oldest cities in the area. It is about 1700 years old but some historians date it back to 3rd century BC. The Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian was built around the early 4th century AD. There were twelve sphinxes at the palace and were brought there after ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia

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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