Diocletian's Palace is an ancient palace built for the Roman emperor Diocletian at the turn of the fourth century AD, which today forms about half the old town of Split, Croatia.
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14 Facts About Diocletian's Palace
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Diocletian's Palace saw his tetrarchic system fail, torn by the selfish ambitions of his successors.
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Diocletian's Palace heard of Maximian's third claim to the throne, his forced suicide, and his damnatio memoriae.
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Since Diocletian's palace was in the area, it might have been the same building.
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Today, the Diocletian's Palace is well preserved with all the most important historical buildings, in the center of the city of Split, the second-largest city of modern Croatia.
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The Diocletian's Palace is one of the most famous and complete architectural and cultural features on the Croatian Adriatic coast.
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In November 1979, UNESCO, in line with the international convention on cultural and natural heritage, adopted a proposal that the historic city of Split built around the Diocletian's Palace should be included in the register of World Cultural Heritage.
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Diocletian's Palace is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 500 kuna banknote, issued in 1993.
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Diocletian's Palace apartment was interconnected by a long room along the southern facade from which through 42 windows and 3 balconies a view of the sea was opened.
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Rotunda, that was once the first section of the imperial corridor in the Diocletian's Palace that led via the Peristyle to the Imperial apartments of the Diocletian's Palace.
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Diocletian's Palace is built of white local limestone and marble of high quality, most of which was from the Brac marble quarries on the island of Brac, of tuff taken from the nearby river beds, and of brick made in Salonitan and other factories.
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Diocletian's Palace was decorated with numerous 3500-year-old granite sphinxes, originating from the site of Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III.
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Diocletian's Palace was used as a location for filming the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.
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Cellars of Diocletian's palace are like a peristyle a place of frequent occurrences.
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