Poljud is a football stadium in the Croatian city of Split. It takes its name from the neighbourhood of Poljud, its original name is “Gradski stadion u Poljudu” (”City Stadium in Poljud”). It is the home of HNK Hajduk Split, one of the top football teams in the country. The stadium currently has a capacity of 35,000.

The nominal capacity was 55,000 when it was built. The stadium was built as major sports centre for the 1979 Mediterranean Games and opened by Josip Broz Tito.

Poljud Stadium was also venue for 1990 European Championships in athletics.
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Just outside the Golden Gate on the northern side of the palace, is this giant statue of Bishop Grgur Ninski (which means, “the Grgur of Nin) made in 1929 by Ivan Mestrovic. That year marked the 1000th anniversary of the bishop’s fight to give the people of Nin the right to use their own language in liturgy instead of Latin. He made these demands in Split as well, but was opposed by local church officials. As you’ll see in my local customs tip, it’s a tradition to rub the statue’s toe for good luck.

The monumental sculpture of the bishop that reads the Bible facing the northern walls of the Diocletian’s palace presents Grgur, the bishop of Nin. The sculpture was made by Ivan Mestrovic in 1929 and originally stood in the center of Peristyle untill 1954.
Grgur Ninski was 10th century bishop that strongly opposed the Pope and official circles of the Church and introduced the Croatian language in the religious services after the Great Assembly in 926. Until that time, services were held only in Latin, not being understandable to the majority of the population. Not only that this was important for Croatian language and culture but it also made the religion stronger within the Croatian nation.
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The best starting point for sightseeing is Marmontova Street in which you can find numerous prestigious shops with clothes and cosmetics and coffee shops. This street leads you towards the sea where you can enjoy the view of the sea and the palms, relax in some of the cafes or walk and observe the facade of the Palace.

On the opposite side of the Old Town (western), you’ll find this long, always busy street lined with all kinds of shops and a smattering of restaurants and cafes. It runs from the Riva (waterfront) up to Trg Gaje F. Bulata where there is a mall, a theater and the Croatian National Theater.
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Near Marmontova Street there is Trg Republike (square), know as Prokurative where every summer Split festival takes places as well as numerous concerts during the year. 200 years ago, there was a wonderful park built during the dominance of French government. It was planned to build there a national theatre, but the idea was never realized.

Republic Square or popular Split Prokurative is a unique architectonic space, protected as a historical and monumental whole. At the beginning of July, for many years, one of the most popular festivals of Croatian pop music takes place on this square. From its beginnings, 50 years ago, till today Prokurative has welcomed some of the greatest names of Croatian and international music scene.
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Jupiter’s temple is a temple dedicated to the god Jupiter main deity of the ancient Romans. Located near the Peristyle, the central square of the palace. It was built during the entire construction of Diocletian’s Palace, later became St. fonts. John. At the entrance to the temple is one of the two sphinxes brought out of Egypt by order of Emperor Diocletian.

Temple of Jupiter was constructed from the 295th until 305 However, as part of the palace of Emperor Diocletian. Was probably dedicated to the supreme Roman deity and the divine father Diocletian Jupiter. Temple is located west of the central part of the palace which was the religious part, and to which came the solemn approach. It is known that the car came 305th The Nikomedije from the palace, and then stop the many papers, and parts of the temple remained incomplete.
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The city of Split has been awarded again, as in last eight years, three blue flags for quality and clean beaches and marinas. One of the blue flag is awarded for ACI marina in Split, second one for beach at Hotel “Split” and third blue flag has been awarded for beach ” Bacvice” too.

To get an exclusive eco-label Blue Flag beaches or marinas has to satisfy twenty two criteria covering ecological, educational, security and service standards. For 2006 Croatia has been awarded by 103 Blue Flags for various beaches and 19 Blue Flags for it’s marinas.

The Blue Flag is an exclusive eco-label awarded to over 3100 beaches and marinas in 36 countries across Europe, South Africa, Morocco, New Zealand, Canada and the Caribbean in 2006. The Blue Flag Programme is owned and run by the independent non-profit organisation Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).
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One of the most beautiful squares in Split. His offer represent octagonal Venetian tower, the late Renaissance palace Milesi and Marko Mestrovic’s monument to Marulic that together create a harmonious urban whole. Beside the square is connected to Michael Beam and Street of “Braca Radic” and together create a beautiful city space.

Now home to various shops and businesses, Trg brace Radic was once home to a bustling fruit market and so has been given the unofficial name of Vocni trg. This translates to, you might have guessed, fruit square. These days there’s no fruit in sight, but there are several shops and points of interest that call this square home, including the Venetian castello and tower, both of which were constructed in 1435. The northern side of the square is dominated by the Milesi Palace, one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in Dalmatia.
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Spaladium Arena is a multipurpose sports hall in Split. It is located between the Lora military port and shipyard Split.

The hall was built for the needs of the world handball championship in 2009. year. It has a total area of 28,500 m2. Its capacity to 12,000 seats, and will have the possibility of partial rearrangements in order to be able to take place and smaller events. With a large hall and there is less room surface 4100 m2, with a capacity of 150 seats. Designed for a range of sports, or for preparation, training, etc. Dimensions courts are 40×20 m.
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In XIII. and the beginning of XIV. century was built on the entry space in the temple, bell tower of St. Duje the late Romanesque style. Its construction element shows characteristics of the Romanesque style, but the new spirit of gothic feel to a certain long and sparsely system holes. The beginning of XVI rcentury built is another Romanesque floor, while the construction of the tower ends, gotic-renaissance end.

This harmonious slender and monumental construction for long centuries afterwards visual indetitet city, especially if one looks from the sea, so in that sense appears on the city’s coat of arms still in the middle of the peristyle age. Easternm of that is a monumental mausoleum of Emperor Diocletian.
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In the framework of building refurbishment project, the central part of the promenade of Split, the Croatian Museum of Monuments in Split spent archaeological research in the area of the southern façade of Diocletian’s Palace. Research took place in the area of so-called Gate of the city, and the former south-west tower of the Palace to the entrance to the substructure-cellars (aka Porta Aenea), the low buildings leaning on the wall of the Palace.

Riva is one of the most public places in the city of Split and valuable urban neighborhood with a bow and other functional and recreational facilities. Inseparable from it is Diocletian’s palace, as the urban core city.
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