After six days at anchor beside our current favorite Croatian town of Trogir, we have moved on to a nearby anchorage in Vinisce, which is only four miles up the coast.
During our time at anchor we visited Trogir a few times, did some major maintenance work on H2OBO, and visited Split. While Split lacked the charm of Trogir, it nevertheless was well worth the visit. The old town is built inside the former palace of the 3rd century Roman emperor, Diocletian. He was born in Split of humble origins, distinguished himself in battle by helping to secure the empire's borders against incursions, rose to emperor and ruled from 284 to 308 A.D., settled some political issues caused by barbarian incursions by dividing the empire into four parts each of which was ruled separately, abdicated the throne, and retired to his palace in Split to garden.
What we found interesting about Split was the organic nature of the buildings.
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| Split, the Palace walls |
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| Diocletions Palace |
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| Peoples Square, Split |
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| Hole in Dioclections palace, Split |
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| View from Vinanse harbour |
Successive civilizations built and incorporated the previous one's structures, so that now windows which brightened a room 1800 years ago now just were openings in walls that don't enclose rooms any longer . It's chaotic, ancient and wonderful.
Now, the view from our anchorage in Vinisce is magnificent: mountainous islands overlapping each other away into the distance all crowned by majestic clouds.
Branko
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