The city walls, the main wall is 1.940m long and it was reinforced by three circular and 14 quadrangular towers, five bastions, two angular fortifications and a large fortress called Sveti Ivan (St. John). Among the towers the most monumental is the circular tower of Minceta, and the casemate fortress Bokar is the oldest preserved fortress of that kind in Europe.
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The Roman Emperor Diokletian erected near his birthplace Aspalathos an enormous palace. With the passing centuries a town developed within the walls of the palace.

The Peristyle of the palace, Diokletian's mausoleum, Jupiter's temple, colonnades, early croatian churches, Romanesque houses, the gates of Andrija Buvina and the work by Juraj Dalmatinac are preserved in a good state. ...

Plitvice Lakes are composed of 16 interlinked lakes between the mountains of Mala Kapela and Plješivica in the region of Lika. The whole area is on certain maps called the Devil's Garden, due to its landscape and history. According to the legend the Plitvice lakes were created after a long period of drought. People, animals and nature were longing for water, even the ...

The most precious cultural monument of the city is no doubt a complex of sacral buildings from the 6th century, built during the period of Bishop Euphrasius.

The mosaics of the Basilica of St. Euphrasius together with the mosaics of San Vitale in Ravenna are the most important example of mosaic art in Europe.

From the mosaics and the preserved inscriptions we are able to follow all ...

Trogir was founded by Greek colonists from Vis in the 3rd century. The historical core of the city is the best preserved Romanesque-Gothic complex in the Central Europe. The mediaeval core comprises a preserved castle with a tower and a series of palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods.

The grandest building of Trogir is surely the...

The construction of the cathedral of St. Jacob started 1431 on the place of a smaller cathedral whose material was used in the construction. The stones for the cathedral were brought from the islands of Korčula, susak, Brač, Rab and Krk.

During the first phase of the construction the work was led by italian masters Francesco di Giacomo, Lorenzzo Pincino and Pier Paolo Bussato. The side wal...