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Split ( / ˈsplɪt /; [ 4][ 5] Croatian pronunciation: [splît] ⓘ; Italian: Spalato: pronounced [ˈspalato]; see other names ), is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central ...
The Split Agreement or Split Declaration ( Serbo-Croatian: Splitski sporazum or Splitska deklaracija) was a mutual defence agreement between Croatia, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed in Split, Croatia on 22 July 1995. It called on the Croatian Army (HV) to intervene militarily in Bosnia ...
Croatia. Hvar, an island in Split–Dalmatia County, also known as Lesina in Italian and English Hvar (city), the largest city on the island; Italy. Lesina, Apulia, a comune in the Province of Foggia Roman Catholic Diocese of Lesina, now a Latin titular see; Lake Lesina, a lake in the Province of Foggia, Apulia
The Split Archaeological Museum is the oldest museum in Croatia, established in 1820 by a decree of the Dalmatian government in Zadar. Some 150,000 artifacts cover prehistoric times, the period of Greek colonization of the Adriatic , Roman Provincial and Early Christian era to the early Middle Ages and the period of Croatian popular rulers.
The Port of Split ( Croatian: Luka Split) is a port in the central Dalmatian city of Split, Croatia. The port was originally a trading post originally established by Greek settlers from the island of Vis and subsequently taken over by the Romans. The port thrived through the Middle Ages, but it suffered a decline in the late 18th and early 19th ...
Website. www.galum.hr. The Museum of Fine Arts ( Croatian: Galerija umjetnina ), is an art museum in Split, Croatia containing works from the 14th century up to the present day providing an overview of the artistic developments in the local art scene. The museum was founded in 1931, and has a permanent exhibition of paintings and sculptures ...
The city of Split was founded as the Greek colony of Aspálathos (Aσπάλαθος) in the 3rd or 2nd century BC. It became a prominent settlement around 650 CE when it succeeded the ancient capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, Salona. After the Sack of Salona by the Avars and Slavs, the fortified Palace of Diocletian was settled by the ...
The tallest structure in Croatia is the 340-metre (1,120 ft) chimney of the Plomin Power Station in Plomin, Istria. The tallest Croatian skyscraper is Dalmatia Tower in Split. It is 135-metre (443 ft) tall and it was completed in 2022. The first skyscraper was the Loewy Building built in 1933, it has 9 floors and it is 50-metre (160 ft) tall ...