Split – the capital of Dalmatia
The history of Split is rich and overwhelming to fit in a few sentences. Although there were Greek settlements in the area of Split before, the emperor Diocletian, who started building a magnificent imperial palace of about 30,000 square meters in the peninsula near the great city of Salona in 293 AD, should be considered the first inhabitant and founder of Split. He retired in the palace when he left the Roman imperial throne.