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SPLIT - Croatia's jewel on the Mediterranean

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#1 · (Edited)
The city of SPLIT



This is my beloved hometown and now I'm presenting it to all of you.
Hope you'll enjoy this slideshow... :)

Location:




Web: http://www.split.hr/Default.aspx

1700 year old city of Split is the second largest urban area in Croatia. It has about 220,000 residents in the city and some 350,000 in metro area, which consists from the smaller cities of Solin, Kaštela, Trogir, Klis, Stobreč, Omiš and so on. They all create a 50km long urban coastal zone that is the nerve center of the southern Croatian region of Dalmatia (pop. 1,000,000).

The core of the city is an ancient Roman palace, built in 305. AD by the emperor Diocletian.
Just about 5km north of the palace was the 2200 year old city of Salona (pop. 60,000), which was the capital of the Roman province Dalmatia. When it was destroyed by the barbarian attacks, the people went to the abandoned palace and created the city of Split.

Later, the city grew on it's own pace, changing it's "owners".
From the Croatian kingdom in the 7th century, Venitians in the 17th century, Austrians till WW1, Italians in WW2, to Yugoslavia in the 20th century and Croatia from 1991.

In the 20th century the population count exploded. In just under 50 years, the city grew from about 30,000 to 200,000. It gained tall skyscrapers and wide avenues. It was industrialised, and developed into a real mini-metropolis of the Mediterranean. :)

Let's start with this colage teaser:


Expect many more pictures in the near future. :cheers2:
 
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Let's go to the ancient city core. :)

Peristyle is the core of the palace. The belltower was added many years later. This is now St. Dominis cathedral:






Substructure of the palace is a fascinating labirinth of underground corridors and halls:






This is the original layout of the palace:


And this is how it looks today, with all of the additions made over 1700 years:




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#4 · (Edited)
Split's main "living room" is the Riva seaside promenade.
It's an artificial coastal belt made by land reclamation some 100 years ago.
At first it was just a dusty dirt road. Later it was paved and a major road ran over it. In the end it was converted into a pedestrian zone.

In 2007. Riva recived a major redesign. It was one of the first urban areas in the world to receve a 100% LED lighting:
























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#5 ·
A few more pics from the center:










Matejuška pier - an old fishermen's spot and a nice place to hang out:


Prokurative square was made in the 19th century. It was influenced by the Veinitian style architecture:




The teather:




That's it for now.
Later I will focus on the more modern aspects of the city... :cheers:
 
#9 ·
OK. :cool:

Let's take a look at Split's sports infrastructure... :cheers:

Poljud stadium was constructed in 1979. for the Mediterranean Games held that year. It had a capacity of 55,000. Record attendance was 62,000!
After the 1972. Munich olympic stadium, it was the second stadium in the world to use transprent lexan plates on the roof.
Today the capacity is reduced to 35,000. It's the home stadium for Hajduk Split, a local football team.









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#27 ·
The port of Split:

When looking at the passenger traffic figures (3,5 million last year), it's 3rd on the Mediterranean. :yes:

Croatia Boat Show is our anual nautic fair.
Ito covers some 140,000 m2 and it's the 6th largest in the world! :master:
astonishing pictures!

just a curiosity: as you've said Split it's on the 3rd place on the Mediterranean area regarding the passengers traffic figures, do you have other statistics, like for example Split vs. Europe?
 
#23 ·
Split is a major cruise ship destination.
This season we'll have some 250 visits. The largest ship to come is the Celebrity Eclipse, mesuring 315m and with 17 decks (5th largest in the world).

Some images:






This pic I took a few days ago:


Also taken at the same time, by a felow forumer:


From left to right: Regatta (181m), Splendour of the Seas (264m) i Norwegain Gem (294m). :cheers2:
 
#30 ·
The University of Split was founded in 1974 and is organized in 13 faculties and 124 faculty programmes. As of 2009, a total of approximately 40,000 students have graduated, and a total of 337 doctoral degrees have been awarded.

In the last few years, the University of Split student body has grown; it now enrolls 26,000 students and is organized in 13 faculties. Currently a new campus is being built, which will be finished in 2012. It will house all of the faculties, a large student center with a sports hall, sporting grounds and a university library. The newest addition to the faculty programmes is the Faculty of Pharmacy. There are also recent additions to the graduate programmes: the school of forensics and the school of geodesy.

These are the 13+3 faculties into which the university is divided:

* Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture
* Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences
* Faculty of Economy
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB)
* Catholic Faculty of Theology
* Faculty of Chemical Engineering
* Faculty of Medicine
* Faculty of Pharmacy
* Faculty of Kinesiology
* Faculty of Maritime Studies
* Faculty of Philosophy
* Academy of Fine Arts

Campus layout:


An older aerial picture:


University library:


Faculty of Economy:


Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (my faculty :) ):


Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture:


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#31 · (Edited)
Faculty of Mathematics, Chemical Engineering and Maritime Studies (under construction):


Student Center building (600 beds, a restaurant, sport hall, tennis courts and a medical center) - under construction:


Future Faculty of Philosophy:


Future Faculty of Law:


Future Arts Academy:


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