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Currently, there are ten sites inscribed on the list and 15 sites on the tentative list. The first three sites, Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian, Dubrovnik, and Plitvice Lakes National Park, were inscribed to the list at the 3rd UNESCO session in 1979. Further sites were added in 1997, 2000, 2008, 2016, and 2017. [2]
Split ( / ˈsplɪt /; [ 4 ][ 5 ]Croatian pronunciation: [splît] ⓘ; Italian: Spalato: pronounced [ˈspalato]; see other names ), is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central ...
Built according to the order of the Bishop of Zagreb, the owner of the estate, following the increasingly threatening and devastating Turkish attacks on the Kingdom of Croatia. Today it houses the local town museum. Slunj Castle: Sokolac Castle: Brinje, Lika-Senj County: Starigrad Fortress (Fortica) Omiš, Split-Dalmatia County: Skrad castle
The Klis Fortress(Croatian: Tvrđava Klis; Italian: Fortezza di Clissa) is a medieval fortresssituated above the village of Klis, near Split, Croatia. From its origin as a small strongholdbuilt by the ancient Illyriantribe Dalmatae, to a role as royal castle and seat of many Croatian kings, to its final development as a large fortress during ...
Diocletian's Palace ( Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača, pronounced [diɔklɛt͡sijǎːnɔʋa pǎlat͡ʃa], Latin: Palatium Diocletiani) was built at the end of the third century AD as a residence for the Roman emperor Diocletian, and today forms about half of the old town of Split, Croatia. While it is referred to as a "palace" because of its ...
There is a total of 21 counties of Croatia but only 20 county seats - the capital Zagreb doubles as a county (called City of Zagreb or Grad Zagreb) and the seat of the separate Zagreb County ( Zagrebačka županija) which surrounds Zagreb but does not actually include the capital city. #1 Zagreb. #2 Split. #3 Rijeka.
The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242 (2011). The land area is 4.540 km 2, the total area is 14.106,40 km 2. Split-Dalmatia County is Croatia's most rapidly urbanising and developing region, as economic opportunities and living standards are among the highest alongside capital Zagreb and Istria County.
Solin is situated north of the Split peninsula, in a basin surrounded by mountains Kozjak (779 m) to the north and Mosor (1339 m) to the east. The ancient city of Salona developed near the estuary of Jadro, and the later medieval settlement was formed on one of the several islands formed by the river, which is where today's center is also situated.