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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a 2.5m-high marble statue of Augustus from the 1st century AD, coming from the town of Nin.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a 2.6m-high marble statue coming from the town of Nin, probably of Julius Caesar from the 1st century AD
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a beautiful statue of nymph tied to water cults.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, A statue probably of Socrates.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, A roman eagle related to the Roman army. On the back Socrates.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, A roman legionary tomb. The man, dead in Zadar was originary from Batavia, in the actual Netherland, a symbol of  a multicultural empire.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum,
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, a Roman soldier's career record.
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  • Zadar. The Archeological Museum, funerary kit.
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  • The Riva with the South wall of the Roman's emperor Diocletian Palace. Here lived the emperor. The Riva is a broad street right on the waterfront that runs the length of the old town and hugs the palace walls on its south side. It's the gathering spot, day and night, for the local people.
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  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace, Emperor Statue. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
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  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace, Emperor Statue. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700441.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700443.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700448.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700449.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700452.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700453.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700454.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700457.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
    em8700459.jpg
  • The basement of Diocletian's Palace. The emperor's apartments were situated above a substructure because the sloping terrain demanded significant differences in level. For many centuries almost completely filled with refuse, most of the substructure is well preserved and indicates the original shape and disposition of the rooms above.
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  • Diocletian's Palace. The Southern Gate's entrance.
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  • Diocletian's Palace. The Southern Gate's entrance.
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  • Diocletian's Palace. The Southern Gate's entrance. Souvenir shop with Diocletian's and Palace's architecture souvenirs.
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  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
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  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700472.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700474.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700482.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700483.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700488.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700489.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
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  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700493-2.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
    em8700500.jpg
  • The Perstyle. This monumental court, now the only big square of the old city, formed the northern access to the imperial apartments. It also gave access to Diocletian's mausoleum on the east (now Cathedral of St. Domnius), and to three temples on the west (two of which are now lost.
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  • the Cathedral of Saint Domnius. The bell tower is the city's main symbol.
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  • View of the cathedral of St Domnius (once Diocletian's Roman emperor mausoleum) from the bell tower.
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  • Cathedral of St Domnius entrance. The church has been built as Roman emperor Diocletian's Mausoleum.
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  • Cathedral of St Domnius, composed of three different sections of different ages. The main part is Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum  built, like the rest of the palace, with white local limestone and marble of high quality.
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  • Cathedral of St Domnius, composed of three different sections of different ages. The main part is Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum  built, like the rest of the palace, with white local limestone and marble of high quality.
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  • Cathedral of St Domnius, composed of three different sections of different ages. The main part is Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum  built, like the rest of the palace, with white local limestone and marble of high quality.
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  • Cathedral of St Domnius, composed of three different sections of different ages. The main part is Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum  built, like the rest of the palace, with white local limestone and marble of high quality. One of the best examples of Romanesque sculpture in Croatia.
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  • Cathedral of St Domnius, composed of three different sections of different ages. The main part is Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum  built, like the rest of the palace, with white local limestone and marble of high quality. One of the best examples of Romanesque sculpture in Croatia.
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  • Cathedral of St Domnius, composed of three different sections of different ages. The main part is Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum  built, like the rest of the palace, with white local limestone and marble of high quality.Roman sarcophagus with classical sculptures reused as christian subjects.
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  • Diocletian's Palace. SilverGate.
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  • Diocletian's Palace. SilverGate.
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  • Diocletian's Palace. SilverGate.
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  • Diocletian Palace entry Vestibule. The entrance to Diocletian’s living quarters was  once covered by a dome and the ceiling decorated with frescoes. The acoustics are perfect for klapa singers who are often found here performing capella harmonies.
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  • Diocletian Palace entry Vestibule. The entrance to Diocletian's living quarters was  once covered by a dome and the ceiling decorated with frescoes. The acoustics are perfect for klapa singers who are often found here performing capella harmonies.
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  • Diocletian Palace entry Vestibule. The entrance to Diocletian’s living quarters was  once covered by a dome and the ceiling decorated with frescoes. The acoustics are perfect for klapa singers who are often found here performing capella harmonies.
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  • the Temple of Jupiter, later converted into a baptistry. The headless sphinx in black granite guarding the entrance was imported from Egypt at the time of the temple's construction in the 5th century.
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  • the Temple of Jupiter, later converted into a baptistry. The walls of the temple support a barrel-vaulted ceiling.
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  • The Temple of Jupiter, later converted into a baptistry. This sarcophagus could be the tomb of the last Croatia's Middle Age king Dmitar Zvonimir.
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  • The northern half of the palace, divided in two parts by the main north-south street (cardo) leading from the Golden Gate (Porta aurea) to the Peristyle, is less well preserved and with msny architectural influences, mainly from Venice.. It is usually supposed that each part was a residential complex, housing soldiers, servants, and possibly some other facilities.
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  • The northern half of the palace, divided in two parts by the main north-south street (cardo) leading from the Golden Gate (Porta aurea) to the Peristyle, is less well preserved and with msny architectural influences, mainly from Venice.. It is usually supposed that each part was a residential complex, housing soldiers, servants, and possibly some other facilities.
    em8700599.jpg
  • The northern half of the palace, divided in two parts by the main north-south street (cardo) leading from the Golden Gate (Porta aurea) to the Peristyle, is less well preserved and with msny architectural influences, mainly from Venice.. It is usually supposed that each part was a residential complex, housing soldiers, servants, and possibly some other facilities.
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  • St Martin church is 1.64m wide and 10m long and it just might be the smallest church in the world. It used to be the passage for watchmen who would secure the entrance into the Diocletian Palace. At the beginning of the 9th century it was turned into a Christian church and consecrated to Saint Martin.
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  • St Martin church is 1.64m wide and 10m long and it just might be the smallest church in the world. It used to be the passage for watchmen who would secure the entrance into the Diocletian Palace. At the beginning of the 9th century it was turned into a Christian church and consecrated to Saint Martin.
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  • St Martin church is 1.64m wide and 10m long and it just might be the smallest church in the world. It used to be the passage for watchmen who would secure the entrance into the Diocletian Palace. At the beginning of the 9th century it was turned into a Christian church and consecrated to Saint Martin.
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  • Diocletian's old Palace, the Golden Gate. The ground plan of the palace is an irregular rectangle (approximately 160 meters x 190 meters) with towers projecting from the western, northern, and eastern facades. It combines qualities of a luxurious villa with those of a military camp, with its huge gates and watchtower.
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  • Diocletian's old Palace, the Golden Gate. The ground plan of the palace is an irregular rectangle (approximately 160 meters x 190 meters) with towers projecting from the western, northern, and eastern facades. It combines qualities of a luxurious villa with those of a military camp, with its huge gates and watchtower.
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  • Salona, cemetery. Salona was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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  • Salona, cemetery. Salona was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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  • Salona, cemetery. Salona was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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  • Salona, cemetery. Salona was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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  • Salona, cemetery. Salona was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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  • Salona, cemetery. Salona was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
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