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Marmont's Street  

Posted on June 11, 2009, 7:55 am Posted on June 11, 2009, 7:55 am by Bruno Vucica in category Streets & Squares

Although a conqueror, Napoleon's Marshal Marmont was also the driving force behind the urban development of the Dalmatian cities and in return the people of Split preserved his name in the most beautiful city street and coined a medal for him.

Marmont's street is not only splendid but histori...

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Fruit Square  

Posted on June 10, 2009, 12:15 pm Posted on June 10, 2009, 12:15 pm by Tonka Kovacic in category Streets & Squares

Split is rich in its narrow streets and small squares bunched together next to each other seeking shade in summertime and safety through the turbulent history. Right here, on one of the more beautiful city squares is dominated by the symbol of war and occupation, octagonal tower, built by the Veneti...

Tags: squares, fruit sqare, palace milesi, marko marulic, ivan mestrovic, heritage,

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The Church Of Holly Trinity  

Posted on June 10, 2009, 11:58 am Posted on June 10, 2009, 11:58 am by Bruno Vucica in category Churches

On the northeastern part of the Split peninsula lies one of the most significant local architectural monuments, the chucrh of Holly Trinity originally from the 7th-8th century. The best preserved part of the structure is the six leafed shape from the Middle Ages. Around the cylindrical shaped center...

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Split's corners, the narrowest street in the world  

Posted on June 9, 2009, 9:42 am Posted on June 9, 2009, 9:42 am by Tonka Kovacic in category Diocletian's Palace

Split cannot boast the largest, widest, or most luxurious avenue in the world (or in the Meditarranean), but it can certainly boast one of the narrowest! The city that grew through exeptional integration of ancient and modern architectural forms conceals a very special street in the centre. Pusti me...

Tags: diocletians palace, pusti me proc, temple of jupiter,

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Ivan Mestrovic Gallery  

Posted on June 9, 2009, 8:20 am Posted on June 9, 2009, 8:20 am by Bruno Vucica in category Museums

The Gallery was founded by the grant of Ivan Mestrovic, and it was officially opened in 1952. The Gallery Mestrovic is housed inside the former residental villa of a famous sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, built from 1931 to 1939. It is located on the southern slopes of Marjan, right above the sea over the ...

Tags: museums, ivan mestrovic, paintings, statues, gallery, marjan hill, jezinac,

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Timetable from 01.06 till 28.09.2009 for district of Split  

Posted on June 8, 2009, 12:27 pm Posted on June 8, 2009, 12:27 pm by Tonka Kovacic in category Ferries timetables

Below you will find the tabular presentation of the timetable from 01 June 2009 till 28 September 2009 for district of Split and includes the following places: Split, Supetar, Makarska, Sumartin, Stari Grad, Drvenik, Sucuraj, Rogac, Ploce, Trpanj, Orebic, Domince, Vela Luka, Ubli, Hvar, Vis, Jelsa, ...

Tags: split ferries, ferry timetable, jadrolinija, supetar, hvar, bol, vis, korcula, lastovo,

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Split, the most gorgeous city in Croatia  

Posted on June 8, 2009, 11:17 am Posted on June 8, 2009, 11:17 am by Susan McLennan in category About Split

We aproached Split by boat from Italy on a gorgeous 26 degrees celcius day in September last year. The dramatic Dalmatian Mountains were visible for a long while across the assure Adriatic. Then this beautiful white marble twinkling palace became visible with palm trees across the front boulevarde. ...

Tags: about split, croatia, dalmatian mountains, adriatic,

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