SPLIT - Croatia's jewel on the Mediterranean

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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.

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Two night shots from the distance:

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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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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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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...

[MHN]

indeed a very nice city!

PS - I have one request, though: since I'm very interested to watch your thread, please try to post fewer images (for instance 3 instead of 10) in the same message. Thanks.

[Ballota]

It's a deal.

[MHN]

Originally Posted by Ballota

It's a deal.

ok.
then, please go on

[Ballota]

OK.

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

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.

[Ballota]

A few more pics:

[MasonicStage™]

kewl "jewl"

nice pics.

[Ballota]

DAMN!!!

Can the mods add "e" into jewel?

[WladYslaW]

Ballota Thanks! There is a nice coastline there.

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14km of beaches in the city alone...

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Spaladium Arena is the newest sporting venue in the city. It was built in 2008. and has a capacity od 12,000 spectators. Here are some pics:

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A bit more:






Next to it is the construction site of a 100m tall office tower, a large 9 storey garage and a 29,000 m2 shopping center:

[MHN]

Beautiful places.
by the way, isn't that arena that recently has hosted several K1 Local Kombat contests?!

[Belgrader]

Šta reći. Nima Splita do Splita.

I hope in near future I will visit the city.

[Ballota]

Originally Posted by MHN

Beautiful places.
by the way, isn't that arena that recently has hosted several K1 Local Kombat contests?!

Ahaa!

Weinpolter vs. Bob Sapp was the main event!

Here you can find some pics from that evening, from me and dbonacic: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...01350&page=332

Originally Posted by Belgrader

Šta reći. Nima Splita do Splita.

I hope in near future I will visit the city.

I hope you do.

[MHN]

Originally Posted by Ballota

Ahaa!

Weinpolter vs. Bob Sapp was the main event!

Here you can find some pics from that evening, from me and dbonacic: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...01350&page=332

great!
thanks for the pics link.