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Split-Dalmatia County

Diocletian's palace, island towns and the knights of Sinj.

12 museums
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📷 Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Split-Dalmatia County is central Dalmatia: Split, Trogir, the islands of Hvar, Brač and Vis, and the hills of Sinj.

The story of Split-Dalmatia County

In Split, the old town lives inside the walls of Diocletian's Palace. Trogir, a tiny island town, is on the UNESCO list, and on Hvar the Stari Grad plain has been farmed in the same Greek pattern for 2,400 years. Inland, Sinj holds its knights' tournament, the Alka, every summer. Visit the Meštrović Gallery and the Archaeological Museum in Split.

  • 1979Diocletian's Palace on the UNESCO list
  • 384 BCGreeks found Pharos (Stari Grad) on Hvar

Split-Dalmatia County through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1715Sinj defends itself against the Ottomans; the Alka begins.See it: Museum of the Sinj Alka

What to do in Split-Dalmatia County

  1. 01

    Ivan Meštrović Gallery

    The sculptor's villa by the sea.

    Split1 to 2 hours
  2. 02

    Archaeological Museum Split

    Stones and mosaics from Roman Salona.

    Split1 hour
  3. 03

    Museum of the Sinj Alka

    Three centuries of the knights' tournament.

    Sinj1 hour
Getting there

Getting to Split-Dalmatia County

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

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Zagreb Franjo TuđmanZagreb

Getting around Split-Dalmatia County

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

Hidden story

The palace people live in

About 3,000 people live inside a Roman palace.

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When the Roman world collapsed, people from nearby Salona fled into Diocletian's empty palace and built their houses in its halls and streets. Today shops, bars and homes still fill it, and the emperor's mausoleum became the cathedral of St Domnius.