Diocletian's Palace is one of the best preserved monuments of Roman architecture and is located in Split in Croatia.
It was built as a synthesis of a sumptuous imperial villa and a Roman military camp (castrum), divided into four parts by two main roads.
The southern half of the palace was intended for the emperor, his apartment and the corresponding official and religious ceremonial, while the northern part was intended for the imperial guard, soldiers, servants, warehouses, etc.
The palace is a rectangular construction (approximately 215m x 180m) with four large corner towers and four smaller towers and a door on each wall.
In the lower part of the walls there are no openings while the upper floor opens into a monumental portico on the southern facade and corridors with arched windows along the other three sides.
Over the centuries the inhabitants of the palace, and later also the citizens of Split, have adapted these spaces to their needs, so that the buildings inside and the external walls with the towers have considerably changed their original appearance, but the contours of the palace are still visible today.
Diocletian's Palace - Observatory of Cultural Policies
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Maurizio Marco Tozzi