Tourist attraction
Republic Square
Neo-Renaissance arcaded square modeled on Venice's Procuratie, open on one side toward the harbor.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Republic Square in Split follows Antonio Bajamonti, the mayor who ran the city for two decades starting in 1860 and modeled this harbor square on Venice's Procuratie, the arcades that frame Saint Mark's Square. You'll hear why workers tore down his marble monument here in 1947, nearly sixty years after he left power, and how the widened vote of 1882 upended the politics he had built his career on. Stand where the arcades open toward the water, the one side he left facing the sea.
This audio guide was created using AI.