Split is the largest city in Dalmatia, the second largest city in Croatia with more than 200,000 inhabitants, Croatia's second largest port and third port on the Mediterranean by the number of passengers. People from wide area of southern Dalmatia and part of Herzegovina are gravitate to Split. The city center is Diocletian Palace (under UNESCO protection since 1979. year), named by roman emperor
Diocletianus, who build Palace on the begining of 4th century. This is a unique example of ancient inhabited palace in the world. Although the occurrence of Split associated with the construction of Diocletian's Palace, 295-305.godine, archaeological finds excavated after 2000. year, proving that this area was inhabited in ancient Roman times, long before Diocletian. It is possible that there was Greek colony before romans, and because of its favorable geographical position probably there was an Illyrian settlement.
