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Formal Analysis of Diocletian palace

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Standing today in the Adriatic coast of modern Croatia, the Diocletian palace was built in the turn of the 4th century CE (300-305 AD) by Emperor Diocletian. The Emperor built the palace as his retirement home after giving up the throne to the Roman Empire voluntarily. The object previously occupie...

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Formal Analysis of Diocletian palace

Standing today in the Adriatic coast of modern Croatia, the Diocletian palace was built in the

turn of the 4th century CE (300-305 AD) by Emperor Diocletian. The Emperor built the palace as

his retirement home after giving up the throne to the Roman Empire voluntarily. The object

previously occupied the Roman city of Illyrian. Today the palace’s ruins are located within the

coastal city of Split in modern day Croatia. The palace takes the shape of a trapezoid sitting on

more than 38,000 m2 with ramparts measuring between 15 and 20 meters in height and almost 2

meters in width. The fortress was protected by high walls with four gates; golden gate in the

north, silver in the east, bronze in the south, and iron gate in the west. While all these gates were

destroyed the residue of the curved stone pillars and arches remain to this day.

The palace was built in classic Romanesque style (Roman architectural design)

encapsulating the fortress legionary Roman design and the luxurious villa patrician that housed

Emperor Diocletian and his advisers (Sanders, 7). It was built using mainly limestone mined

locally, marble, and decorated with imported decorative e.g. Egyptian sphinx, granite columns,

and roman arches. Within its walls the palace included a temple, a royal guard camp, thermal

baths, a library, and servant quarters. Today it is occupied by shops and inhabited by other 3000

people within its numerous streets. This is because the old town of Split developed around the

palace. In 1979 it became a UNESCO heritage site.

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