Split

Split is spreading over a central peninsula and its surroundings, with its metropolitan area including the many surrounding littoral towns as well. An important regional transit center, the city is a vital link to the numerous surrounding Adriatic islands and the Italian peninsula, as well as a popular tourist destination.

Split is also one of the oldest cities in the area, and is traditionally considered just over 1,700 years old. However, recent archaeological research relating to the ancient Greek colony of Aspálathos (6th century BC) establishes the city as being several hundred years older.

The Marjan hill (178 m), rises in the western part of the peninsula. The ridges Kozjak (779m) and his brother Mosor (1339 m) protect the Split from the north and northeast, and separate it from the hinterland. Split has a Mediterranean climate: hot, dry summers and warm, wet winters. Vegetation is of the evergreen Mediterranean type, and subtropical flora (palm-trees, agaves, cacti) grow in the city and its surroundings. The Marjan hill is covered with a large cultivated forest.

Since 1979, the historic center of Split has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

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