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Coloured marbles in Diocletian's Palace in Split

Diocletian's palace in Split, as a palace of the retired tetrarch, was loxuriously decorated with coloured marbles. Their use was concentrated in the sacral area (where the colums made of differen types of marbles can still be seen in situ) and many fragments have been found during the archeological excavations, mostly in the southern oart of the Palace (which includes the imperial apartements and the area dividing them from the two temenos). In the medieval period, fragments of coloured marbles were used as spolia. The pulpit of Split Chatedral represents one of the most richly decorated Romanesque items, composed of diferent types of coloured marbles. They can be compared with the fragments found in the Palace. In our opinion, it represent a sort of the catalogue of the coloured marbles used in the Palace.

Diocletian's palace ; coloured marbles

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