Diocletian’s Palace – is an ancient palace built by Roman Emperor Diocletian in Split. He erected it around the year 300 and resided in it from the time he renounced the throne in the year 305 until his death in the year 316. The palace was built in the bay of a peninsula five kilometers southwest of Salona, the capital city of the Roman province of Dalmatia. By its composition, it carries the elements of an imperial villa, a Hellenistic town and a fortified military camp (castrum). In its layout design the palace was envisioned as a rectangle, but while adapting to the terrain during construction slight variations were imposed (east: 214.97 m, north: 174.74, south: 181.65 m). The front walls of the palace are solid and simple with no openings in the lower half and large arched windows above. The windows facing inland (on the western, northern and eastern façades) are simple, whereas those on the southern façade, facing the sea, are separated with cornices, panels and pilasters. The outer walls of the palace, with the exception of the western wall, are predominantly well preserved.