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Ancient Ruins of Salona
Solin is a town in Dalmatia, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro. Solin developed on the location of the ancient city of Salona which was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian.
After the arrival of Avars and Croats in the 7th-century town was destroyed, and its refugees moved to the settlement in and around Diocletian's palace, Spalatum (Split), turning it into a fortified town. In the Early Middle Ages Solin was part of the Croatian territory and played an important role in Medieval Croatian state, being one of the political centers.
In the 20th-century intensive industrialization process of the Split basin made Solin no more than a suburb of Split. Today, with its independent municipal status, Solin is part of the Split conurbation, well connected with other towns. Besides industry, a tourism is being developed lately based on numerous archaeological sites and Solin's distinctive image that comes from many urban parks along the Jadro.
Things to do in Solin:
Visit the ancient ruins of Salona
Visit the ruins of Solin roman amphitheatre
Visit the fortress of Klis
Explore Split and its many sights!
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Salona (Ancient Greek: Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. The name Salona preserves the language of the early inhabitants of this area whom the Romans called Dalmatae, and considered to be part of a larger group called Illyrians.[1] Salona (or Salon) is situated in today's town of Solin, right next to Split, in modern-day Croatia.
First mention of the name Salon originates about 7th century BC as an Illyrian settlement near the spring of river Jadro. In the first millennium BC the Greeks set up an emporium (marketplace) there. After the conquest by the Romans, Salona became the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. because it sided with the future Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar in the civil war against Pompeii's and Marcus Licinius Crassus of the first Triumvirate. Martia Iulia Valeria Salona Felix (the full name of the ancient city) was founded probably after the Roman civil wars under Julius Caesar. The early Roman city encompassed the area around the Forum and Theatre, with an entrance, the Porta Caesarea, on the north-east side, The walls were fortified with towers during the reign of Augustus. The early trapezoidal shape of the city was transformed by eastern and western expansion of the city. The city quickly acquired Roman characteristics: walls; a forum; a theatre; an amphitheater – the most conspicuous above-ground remains today; public baths; and an aqueduct.[6] Many inscriptions in both Latin and Greek have been found both inside the walls and in the cemeteries outside, since Romans forbade burials inside the city boundaries. A number of fine marble sarcophagi from those cemeteries are now in the Archaeological Museum of Split. All this archaeological evidence attests to the city's prosperity and integration into the Roman Empire.
Aqueduct of Salona
Salona had a mint that was connected with the mint in Sirmium and silver mines in the Dinaric Alps through Via Argentaria. When the Roman Emperor Diocletian retired, he erected a monumental palace nearby. This massive structure, known as Diocletian's Palace, became the core of the modern city of Split.
Salona's continuing prosperity resulted in extensive church building in the fourth and fifth centuries, including an episcopal basilica and a neighboring church and baptistery inside the walls, and several shrines honoring martyrs outside. These have made it a major site for studying the development of Christian sacred architecture.
Salona was largely destroyed in the invasions of the Avars and Slavs in the seventh century AD, though the exact year of the destruction still remains an open subject between archaeologists. Refugees from Salona settled inside the Diocletian's Palace.
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Solin (Salona) ruins, Croatia. Split - Solin.
Solin (Salona), Croatia. Travel to roman city of Solin by car. Small video about our travel to Croatia and Solin.
Solin developed on the location of ancient town of Salona which was the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia and the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian. Salona was an early Roman settlement, which became overshadowed when Emperor Diocletian constructed the nearby Diocletian's Palace in about the year 300 AD.
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Salona was largely destroyed in the invasions of the Avars and Slavs in the seventh century AD, though the exact year of the destruction still remains an open subject between archaeologists. Refugees from Salona settled inside the Diocletian's Palace
Ruïne Amphitheatre Salona/Solin Croatia
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Croatia, Salona Ancient City - Roman Amphitheatre
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The remains of Roman amphitheatre indicate that gladiator fights were held in the city of Salona just as in any part of Roman empire, until the fifth century when they were finally banned. The building was ellipsoidal in shape, with three floors on the south side and one floor on the north side, which was conveniently laid down on a natural hillside. Despite its relatively small size (125 by 100 meters outer shell and 65 by 40 meters the arena), Salonitan amphitheatre could have been occupied by 15.000 up to 18.000 spectators.
Croatia, Salona (Solin) - Christian Basilicas
Salina was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. The name Salona preserves the language of the early inhabitants of this area whom the Romans called Dalmatae, and considered to be part of a larger group called Illyrians. Salona (or Salon) is situated in today's town of Solin, right next to Split, in modern-day Croatia.
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Salona was an ancient city and capital of Dalmatae in the time of the Roman empire. Dalmatae is modern day Dalmatia, part of Croatia, and Salona is modern day Solin. Colonia Martia Iulia Salona (full name of the ancient city) was founded after the Roman civil wars under Julius Caesar, but it's roots date back in the time of the Greeks. In the time of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, he built a palace nearby, this structure, known as Diocletian's Palace, became the core of the modern city of Split. Salona was destroyed in the invasions of the Avars and Slavs in the sixth and seventh centuries CE. Today only shells remain of this ancient city and they are in order of appearance: Amphitheatre, Basilica of the Five Martyrs, Theatre & Forum, Five Bridges, Episcopal center & city baths and Manastirine.
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Manastirine part of ancient Roman town Salona (Croatia, Solin)
Old church at Manastirine part of ancient Salona.
Short description: The remains of the basilica and the cementary of Manastirine constitute the most important Early Christian complex of Salona, situated outside the town. In the north-eastern part of the site remnants have been found originating from the earliest history of Salona, dating back to the 2nd century B.C. In the 1st century A.D. a Roman pagan necropolis started to grow in the area of Manastirine, as confirmed both by numerous grave inscriptions and walls of 'hortus' - arranged and fenced cemetery plot.
The first christian funeral known to have taken place at the necropolis was the one of the Salonitan bishop martyr Domnio, who had come to Salona from Syrian city of Antioch. He was executed in the amphitheatre of Salona on the the 10th of April 304A.D., during Diocletian's last persecutions of Christians. Domnio's body was deposited in a vaulted tomb, around which the Salonitan Christians soon commenced to bury their dead.
At the end of the 4th century a simple square building was eracted, the Memorial Chapel I, containing the tombs of Domnio and his successors to the Salonitan bishop's chair. Simultaneously private chapels, the so-called memories, were being eracted, accommodating the graves and sarcophagi of more affluent Christians. The Memorial Chapel I is surrounded by square-shaped buidings with apses.
At the end of the 4th century, during the German incursions, the entire complex was partly destroyed, and after that, in the middle of the 5th century a large three-naved basilica (42x20m), with a pronounced apse on the east side, was erected above. The Memorial Chapel I and Domnio's grave were thus left in the 'presbytery' (shrine) of the basilica.
In the 6th century the basilica was annexed and reconstructed. On the west side a 'narthex' with a three-part entrance was added, and the interior of the basilica was fitted with new furnishings. In the nave, in front of the 'transept', a 'schola cantorum' enclosed by 'plutei' was built, providing the space for the church choir. A new marble altar partition decorated with a sea-shell motif was mounted, separating the 'presbytery' with the altar and the martyr's grave from the rest of the church.
In the early 7th century both the basilica and the cemetery were looted and partly destroyed. The church was subsequently entirely reconstructed once again, and the 'presbytery' was adapted for the pilgrims visiting the grave of the martyr Domnio.
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Salona Amphitheatre, Split Croatia
The ruins of Salona are 5km from Split and feature a 2nd Century Amphitheatre. It was able to accommodate 18,000 spectators watching the gladiators fighting bears. Background music is Raindrops by Huma-Huma.
Ruïnes Salona/Solin Croatia
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Salona, Solin
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Episcopal centre part of the ancient Roman town Salona (Solin,Croatia)
Short description of the Episcopal centre of the Salona:
The centre of the Early Christian Salona is located in the eastern part of the town ( 'Urbs Nova Orientalis), in the immediate vicinity of the Christian oratory (Oratorium A), where the first Salonitan Christian secretly gathered for prayer and worship. It was the oldest church of Salona, called 'domus ecclesiae', and was used from the middle of the 3rd century, from the time of Salonitan Bishop Venantius. The oratory was situated in the baths of a private house, whose largest room was converted and adapted for the Christian liturgy. The room was divided by a partition into two parts: the 'presbytery' with a semicircular bench for the clergy and the space for the congregation. To the south of the 'Oratorium A' there was another oratory, Oratorium B.
After the Edict of Milan on Religious Tolerance 313 A.D. an episcopal centre was built on this location consisting of twin basilicas, a baptisery, and a bishop's palace. In the time of the Bishops Symferius and Esychius in the early 5th century two monumental longitudinal basilicas, the so-called 'basilicae geminae', were eracted. The northern basilica ( 'Basilica urbana' ), dedicated to Christ, is the largest three-naved basilica was dedicated to Domnio and other Salonitan martyrs. Both basilicas had a common covered atrium, the 'narthex', on the west side. In the 6th century a monumental basilica with a Greek cross layout was built in the place of the southern longitudinal basilica by Bishop Honorius II.
In the 5th century a rectangular baptistery with a hexagonal baptismal font ( 'piscina' ) was built to the north of the twin basilicas. A 'catechumeneum', a room for religious education, was located to the west of the baptistery. The floor was decorated with a mosaic depicting two deer drinking water from a 'kantharos' and the Psalm verses: SICUT CERVUS DESIDERAT AD FONTES AQUARUM ITA DESIDERAT ANIMA MEA AD TE DEUS. (As a hart longs / for flowing streams, / so longs my soul / for thee, O God.). Auxiliary rooms: a waiting room and a dressing room were placed to the east of the baptistery. In the course of the reconstruction and restoration of the Episcopal Centre the baptistery was given an octagonal form with a cross-shaped baptismal font.
The bishop's palace, the episcopium, was situated north of the 'basilica urbana' and comprised a larg number of rooms, preserved in their foundations. Some rooms were designed to be used for practical, i.e. husbandry purposes. The main door leading to the palace was in Peter's Street, named after numerous architectural fragments bearing the incised monogram of Bishop Peter.
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Solin, Croatia, Salona, Amphitheatre
u drugoj polovici drugog stoljeća izgrađen amfiteatar, gladijatori se borili u njemu. za vrijeme posjeta snimljen živahni hrvatski umirovljenik koji živi među ostacima kamenim. tako naši geni kameni po kamenju skaču. tu su se borili gladijatori, u davno rimsko doba. svako doba ima svoga roba.
Roman amphitheatar in Salona (Croatia)
A roman city of Salona was the biggest city on eastern coast of Adriatic sea (60 000 inhabitans). The emperor Diocletianus build his residence near the city. Nowdays is here city of Solin and just few kilometers away city of Split.
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