Split Streets & Squares
Posted on June 19, 2009, 10:15 am by Tonka Kovacic in category Streets & Squares
The Fish market is also one of the monuments in Split. Its white stone and Secession style ironworks tend to add significant value to the offered fish. Everything that the Adriatic Sea has to offer can be found on its white tables, from the sardines and other assorted types of small fish to scarp an...
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Posted on June 18, 2009, 10:40 am by Bruno Vucica in category Streets & Squares
The marketplace and the fish market keep Diocletian's Palace sandwiched between them as unique monuments of everyday life. The marketplace in Split is a special destination of the town's guests, who enjoy its pandemonium of natural colors visible throught the year.
Until the arrival of this l...
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Posted on June 13, 2009, 8:02 am by Bruno Vucica in category Streets & Squares
Matejuska, a small cove, is a meeting place for the local fisherman, who walked down the slopes of Marjan and Veli Varos for decades to fill their small wooden boats with sardines that represented everyday survival.
The sounds of the seagulls tend to announce the dawn in the imperial inlet, s...
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Posted on June 12, 2009, 3:29 pm by Tonka Kovacic in category Streets & Squares
The Riva in Split gained its present form two centuries ago, during the French rule in these parts and the governorship of the Napoleonic Marshal Marmont. It features the southern facade of the Diocletian's Palace, Franciscan monastery and the Palace Deskovic on the west, and Harbor Master's buildin...
Tags: pedestrian, promenade riva, goran ivanisevic,
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Posted on June 11, 2009, 12:05 pm by Bruno Vucica in category Streets & Squares
Prokurativa is synonymous with portico, decorated promenades of cardo and decumanus, main streets of the Diocletian's Palace. This architectural details was used by the Venetians on their central square in front of the cathedral of St. Marco, and major of Split Antonio Bajamonti, returned it here in...
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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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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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