The Vestibule (The Rotonda), (The Atrium), is the first section of the imperial corridor in
Diocletian's Palace that led from the Peristyle, which was once the formal entrance to the imperial apartments.
History
Built up to the beginning of the 4th century, as the original part of the ancient palace. It is a circular hall, once topped with a dome, 17 meters in height and 12 meters in diameter. Built as a grand meeting hall only for and selected audiences such as ambassadors.
The entrance was adorned with a large door dimension of 2.56 x 3.96 ms with an abundance of relief decorations. The Vestibula area was cleared of four semicircular niches that were filled with statues of unknown deities. Southeast of the vestibule is the Medieval quarter, where the oldest building is the early
Romanesque house from the 10th century. On the opposite, inside the church of St. Andrija (now part of the Ethnographic museum).
Today
The space is used by
klapa groups to perform popular folk songs during the summer months, taking advantage of the acoustics for an a cappella performance.
Gallery
File:20130603 Split 181.jpg, The entrance doorway
File:Fig 069 Westöstlicher Schnitt durch das Vestibül, Zustand 1904.jpg, Schematic cross section of the Vestibule
File:Klapa Žrnovnica u Vestibulu, Split (Croatia).JPG, A klapa group performing music inside the Vestibule
File:Fig 073 Horziontalschnitt durch das Vestibül.jpg, Floorplan of the Vestibule
File:Tafel 08 Süd-Nordschntt durch das Vestibül.jpg, Schematic cross section of the Vestibule with surrounding buildings
See also
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List of Roman domes
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Cellars of Diocletian's Palace
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Diocletian's Palace
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Bronze Gate (Diocletian's Palace)
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* The
Iron Gate (Diocletian's Palace)
The Iron Gate ( hr, Željezna vrata, la, Porta ferrea), or "the Western Gate", is one of the four principal Roman gates into the stari grad (old town) of Split that was once Diocletian's Palace. Originally a military gate from which troops entere ...
* The
Golden Gate (Diocletian's Palace)
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* The
Golden Gate (Constantinople), Imperial entrance gate of the city of Constantinople, present-day Istanbul, Turkey
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Red Peristyle
Red Peristyle ( hr, Crveni peristil) was an urban intervention in Diocletian's Palace in the city of Split, Croatia, performed on 11 January 1968, when its peristyle (main court) was painted red. This was also the name of the group responsible fo ...
(an act of urban intervention done on the main square of the palace)
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Roman architecture
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Marjan, Croatia
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Salona
Salona ( grc, Σάλωνα) was an ancient city and the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia. Salona is located in the modern town of Solin, next to Split, in Croatia.
Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed in t ...
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Dalmatia
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References
Further reading
* ''Prijatelj, Kruno, Spomenici Splita i okolice, eX Libris, Split-Zagreb, 2005.''
* ''Šušnjar, Bogdan, Villa cara Dioklecijana u Splitu, Naklada Bošković, Split, 2003.''
External links
Zlatna vrata u Splitu - putovnica.net(accessed 23.06.2019.)
(accessed 23.06.2019.)
Zlatna vrata - visitsplit.com(accessed 23.06.2019.)
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