The Aqueduct of Diocletian ( hr, Dioklecijanov akvadukt) is an ancient Roman aqueduct near

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() constructed during the

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to supply water to the palace of the emperor Diocletian, who was ''Augustus'' 284 to 305 AD, retired to Spalatum, and died there in 311.

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The Aqueduct of Diocletian was constructed between the end of 3rd and beginning of the 4th century AD, at the same time as the palace. The aqueduct took water from the river

Jadro The Jadro is a watercourse in Dalmatia, Croatia, that discharges into the Adriatic Sea. The upper reaches of the Jadro River, as well as its source, Jadro Spring, are protected as an ichthyological nature reserve, partly due to the presence of a ...

, 9 kilometres northeast of

Diocletian's Palace Diocletian's Palace ( hr, Dioklecijanova palača, ) is an ancient palace built for the Roman emperor Diocletian at the turn of the fourth century AD, which today forms about half the old town of Split, Croatia. While it is referred to as a "pala ...

, today Split's city centre, and brought water to the Palace over a height difference of 13 m. Another aqueduct took water from the same source to

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 ...

. The aqueduct was destroyed in the invasion of

Goths The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe ...

in the middle of 6th century and did not work for thirteen centuries after that. The first reconstruction of the aqueduct took place during the reign of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1877–1880). The Diocletianic aqueduct was abandoned in 1932, when the modern water station was built in Kopilica, a peripheral area of Split. The best-preserved part of the aqueduct near Dujmovača (

Solin Solin (Latin and it, Salona; grc, Σαλώνα ) 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 ancient city of ''Salona'', which was the ...

) has a maximum height of 16.5 m and a length of 180 m. The aqueduct is currently being restored.

References

* Joško Belamarić: ''Dioklecijanov akvedukt'', Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske, Uprava za zaštitu kulturne baštine, Konzervatorski odjel, 1999. Split, .

External links

Dal-koning d.o.o.: Konzervatorski elaborat zaštite i obnove Dioklecijanovog akvedukta na lokaciji Brodarica-istok

Vjesnik, Mira Jurković: Hrvatski kandidati za Unescovu listu svjetske baštine: Dioklecijanov akvedukt i starogradski ager
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