Qualla: Split https://qualla.com/split en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:05 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/r/e/x/split-wk/c-2008-niels-elgaard-l.jpg Qualla: Split https://qualla.com/split Split: Introduction https://qualla.com/split/ Photo credit Marko Jukić -Majkl, CC BY-SA 4.0. Most Mediterranean cities were built over Roman ruins. Split was built inside a Roman building. In 305 CE, Emperor Diocletian constructed a massive palace on this stretch of Adriatic coast for his retirement, and the city grew up within its walls. His mausoleum became the cathedral. The palace grid dictated the streets. Today Split holds 180,000 people in the city proper and 350,000 in the metropolitan area, making it Croatia's second city and the ferry hub connecting the mainland to the islands dotting the Dalmatian coast. Walk through the palace quarter and you will find not a museum but a living neighborhood, its ancient stones housing apartments, restaurants, and seventeen centuries of accumulated life.

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/r/e/x/split-wk/srex-split-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Split: Diocletian's Palace https://qualla.com/split/ Photo credit Robert Adam, Public domain. Diocletian's Palace covers 30,000 square meters, its walls stretching 170 to 200 meters on each side. Such scale tells you what an emperor's retirement required. In 305 CE, Diocletian became the first Roman emperor to voluntarily give up power. He withdrew here and grew cabbages ...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/r/e/x/split-wk/srex-split-diocletians-palace.mp3 0:06 2 full Split: The Riva https://qualla.com/split/ Photo credit Niels Elgaard Larsen - (WT-en) Elgaard at English Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 3.0. Split's waterfront promenade stretches along the harbor, palm-lined and open to the sea beyond. This is where the city displays itself. Cafes fill with Spalatini -- as residents call themselves -- conducting the social rituals of a Mediterranean evening. Ferries serving the islan...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/r/e/x/split-wk/srex-split-the-riva.mp3 0:06 3 full Split: The Cathedral https://qualla.com/split/ Photo credit Sebring12Hrs, CC BY-SA 4.0. Split's Cathedral of Saint Domnius started as something deeply ironic: the mausoleum of Diocletian, an emperor who persecuted Christians. History has a taste for such reversals. His octagonal burial chamber was consecrated as a cathedral, and now it holds the relics of martyrs cr...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/r/e/x/split-wk/srex-split-the-cathedral.mp3 0:06 4 full Split: The Islands https://qualla.com/split/ Photo credit Coralie Ferreira, CC BY 2.0. From Split's harbor, ferries and catamarans depart daily for Hvar, Brac, Vis, and dozens of other islands. Croatia's Adriatic coast holds over a thousand islands, offering beach escapes and isolated retreats beyond what any urban center can provide. Visitors who base themselves i...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/r/e/x/split-wk/srex-split-the-islands.mp3 0:06 5 full Split: The Game of Thrones Connection https://qualla.com/split/ Photo credit Zysko serhii, CC BY-SA 4.0. When Game of Thrones needed Meereen, it came to Split. The vaulted basement of Diocletian's Palace became the dungeon where Daenerys's dragons were chained. Above the city, the fortress of Klis served as Meereen's exterior. Split's ancient walls appeared as backdrop in scene afte...

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