The Aqueduct of Diocletian (Croatian: Dioklecijanov akvadukt) is an aqueduct built to supply water to Diocletian’s Palace. It was built around the same time as the palace itself (at the end of the 3rd century AD).
It took water from the river Jadro and delivered it to the place that is over 9 kilometers away; the height difference was only 13 meters. The aqueduct was destroyed around the middle of the 6th century and has not been in use since. An attempt to reconstruct it for the same purpose was made in the 19th century, but the project was abandoned as a new, modern water station was built soon afterwards.
There are multiple parts of Diocletian’s Aqueduct remaining; the best-preserved one is near Dujmovača (at the entrance to Split from Solin); it has a maximum height of 16.5 m and a length of 180 m.
