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Roman & ancient ruins

Roman cities, temples, gates and prehistoric sites along the Adriatic and inland. Less crowded than the big names, and just as old.

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13 places

Excavated Roman remains at Andautonia in the village of Šćitarjevo
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Andautonia

Šćitarjevo · Roman town park south-east of Zagreb

The Arch of the Sergii in Pula, a Roman triumphal arch with paired Corinthian columns
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Arch of the Sergii

Pula · Roman arch built by a woman's gift

The two surviving arches of the principia of the Roman camp at Burnum, near Kistanje
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Burnum

Burnum · Roman legionary camp with a rock-cut amphitheatre

The Golden Gate of Diocletian's Palace in Split, with its arch, niches and blind arcade
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Golden Gate

Split · Roman north gate with empty niches and a tiny church

Hušnjak Hill at Krapina, the Neanderthal site in Hrvatsko Zagorje
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Krapina Neanderthal Site

Krapina · record Neanderthal fossils on Hušnjak Hill

Roman temple of the Augusteum at Narona, 1st century, in Vid near Metković
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Narona

Narona · Roman colony and Augusteum on the Neretva

Figure of a Histrian man, a depiction of the ancient people of Istria who lived at Nesactium
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Nesactium

Nesactium · Histrian capital turned Roman town near Pula

The Porta Gemina in Pula, a Roman gate with two semicircular arches, in a photograph from around 1900
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Porta Gemina

Pula · twin-arched Roman gate that survived burial

The episcopal centre of Salona, with the remains of the early Christian complex near Split
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Salona

Solin · Roman capital of Dalmatia and Croatia's largest archaeological park

The Roman Temple of Augustus with its Corinthian porch on the forum square in Pula
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Temple of Augustus

Pula · Roman temple to Augustus on the old forum

The Temple of Jupiter in Diocletian's Palace, Split
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Temple of Jupiter, Split

Split · Roman temple turned baptistery inside Diocletian's Palace

Tilurium at Gardun above the town of Trilj, view of the archaeological site
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Tilurium

Gardun, Trilj · Roman legionary fortress above the Cetina

Vela Spila cave above Vela Luka on the island of Korčula
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Vela Spila

Vela Luka · cave with 20,000 years of human traces