Poljud stadium
Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:44
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.
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.
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.



