Plaster filling (Croatia)

See also: Plaster filling (homonymy)

Plaster filling , formerly Salona ( Salone ), is a Ville located in the suburbs of the town of Split in Croatia. Populated of 15.850 inhabitants to the Census of 2001, it depends administratively, like its large neighbor, of the županija of Split-Dalmacija (“comitat of Split-Dalmatie”).

Summarized history

Initially modest port of a local tribe illyrienne, then Greek colony, Salone takes importance into -48 when Jules César installed demobilized Roman veterans there and the Roman colony of it of Colonia Martia Julia Salona made. The city then became the capital of the province of Dalmatie and remained an important city until its devastation by the Avars and the Slaves into 630. It had a trapezoidal form and extended on 1.600 meters from is in west and on 700 meters of north in the south. The attint city 60 0000 inhabitants with his maximum development.

Roman vestiges

The archeological site of Plaster filling presents important vestiges of the last centuries of the Roman Empire:

  • ramparts reinforced at the Lower Empire, with the door of César,
  • ancient of Salone , 15.000 places approximately,
  • Vestiges of the Roman Thermal baths,
  • vestiges of Christian basilica and necropolis,
  • in the vicinity, Aqueduct of Dioclétien, still operational Amphitheater.

Famous people

  • Julius Nepos, last Roman Emperor of Occident, died in Salone in 480

  • pope Jean IV born in Salone towards 580.

External bonds

Air sight of the site on Google map

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