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Cellars of Diocletian’s Palace

The Cellars of Diocletian's Palace, sometimes referred to as the "basement halls", is a set of substructures, located at the southern end of , that once held up the private apartments of Emperor Diocletian and represent one of the best preserved ancient complexes of their kind in the world.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: World Heritage Site in Split, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Basement Halls of Diocletian’s Palace” and “Diocletian’s Palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Diocletian’s Palace and Cathedral of Saint Domnius.

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Diocletian's Palace is an ancient Roman palace and fortress complex in . It was built at the end of the third century AD by the Roman Emperor Diocletian as his retirement residence.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grad (Split) and Split.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

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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
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is a quarter.

Cellars of Diocletian’s Palace

Latitude
43.50758° or 43° 30′ 27″ north
Longitude
16.43979° or 16° 26′ 23″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8FMRGC5Q+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8857605118
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
13527248
Wiki­data ID
Q12639925
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In Other Languages

From Croatian to Swedish—“Cellars of Diocletian’s Palace” goes by many names.
  • Croatian: “Dioklecijanova palača”
  • Croatian: “Podrumi Dioklecijanove palače”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Podrumi Dioklecijanove palače”
  • Swedish: “Diocletianus-palatsets källare”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cellars of Diocletian’s Palace”. Photo: Alecconnell, CC BY-SA 3.0.