Diocletian’s Palace

Diocletian's Palace is an ancient Roman palace and fortress complex built at the end of the third century AD by the Roman Emperor Diocletian as his retirement residence.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient palace built for the Roman emperor Diocletian
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Domnius and Temple of Jupiter.

Church
The , known locally as the Sveti Dujam or colloquially Sveti Duje, is the Catholic cathedral in , . The cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, currently headed by Archbishop Zdenko Križić.

Temple
The is a temple in dedicated to the Ancient Roman god Jupiter. It is located in the western part of Diocletian's Palace near the Peristyle, the central square of the imperial complex.

Museum

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grad (Split) and Split.

Quarter
is a quarter.

is a city in Central , , and the seat of the county. The city was built around the Diocletian palace where the locals sought refuge centuries ago.

Quarter
is a quarter.

Diocletian’s Palace

Latitude
43.50834° or 43° 30′ 30″ north
Longitude
16.44024° or 16° 26′ 25″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
8FMRGC5R+83
Open­Street­Map ID
way 124205148
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
11978213
Wiki­data ID
Q322287
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Diocletian’s Palace” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Pallati i Dioklecianit
  • Arabic: قصر دقلديانوس
  • Armenian: Դիոկղետիանոսի պալատ
  • Azerbaijani: Diokletian sarayı
  • Azerbaijani: Diokletiana sarayı
  • Bashkir: Диоклетиан һарайы
  • Basque: Dioklezianoren jauregia
  • Belarusian: Палац Дыяклетыяна
  • Bosnian: Dioklecijanova palača
  • Bulgarian: Дворец на Диоклециан
  • Burmese: ဒိုင်အိုကလက်ရှန်း၏ နန်းတော်
  • Catalan: palau de Dioclecià
  • Catalan: Palau de Dioclecià
  • Chinese: 戴克里先宫
  • Chinese: 戴克里先宮
  • Chinese: 戴克里先宮殿
  • Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača
  • Czech: Diokleciánův palác
  • Danish: Diocletians palads
  • Dutch: Paleis van Diocletianus
  • Esperanto: Palaco de Diokleciano
  • Finnish: Diocletianuksen palatsi
  • French: Palais de Diocletien
  • French: palais de Dioclétien
  • French: Palais de Dioclétien
  • Galician: Palacio de Diocleciano
  • Georgian: დიოკლეტიანეს სასახლე
  • German: Diokletian-Palast
  • German: Diokletianpalast
  • German: Diokletianspalast
  • Greek: Παλάτι του Διοκλητιανού
  • Hebrew: ארמון דיוקלטיאנוס
  • Hindi: डायोक्लेशियन महल
  • Hungarian: Diocletianus palotája
  • Indonesian: Istana Diokletianus
  • Italian: Palazzo di Diocleziano
  • Japanese: スプリットの史跡群とディオクレティアヌス宮殿
  • Japanese: ディオクレティアヌス宮殿
  • Korean: 디오클레티아누스 궁전
  • Latvian: Diokletiāna pils
  • Lithuanian: Diokletiano rūmai
  • Macedonian: Диоклецијанова палата
  • Maltese: Palazz ta’ Djoklezjanu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Diokletians palass
  • Norwegian: Diokletians palass
  • Persian: قصر دیوکلسین
  • Polish: Pałac Dioklecjana w Splicie
  • Polish: Pałac Dioklecjana
  • Portuguese: Dioklecijanova palača
  • Portuguese: Palácio de Diocleciano
  • Romanian: Palatul lui Dioclețian din Split
  • Romanian: Palatul lui Dioclețian
  • Russian: Дворец Диоклетиана
  • Russian: Диоклетианов дворец
  • Serbian: Dioklecijanova palata
  • Serbian: Диоклецијанова палата
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dioklecijanova palača
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dioklecijanova palata
  • Slovak: Diokleciánov palác
  • Slovenian: Dioklecijanova palača
  • Spanish: Palacio de Diocleciano
  • Swedish: Diocletianus palats
  • Thai: Diocletian’s Palace
  • Thai: พระราชวังไดโอคลีเชียน
  • Turkish: Diocletianus Sarayı
  • Ukrainian: Палац Діоклетіана
  • Vietnamese: Cung điện của Diocletianus
  • Yue Chinese: 戴克里先宮殿

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