#dalmatia

Did I ever tell you that the part of Croatia I am from is called Dalmatia?

The remains of the amphitheatre of Salona (Solin, Croatia), erected in the latter half of the 2nd century (c. 170 CE). The fights in the arena could be watched by some 17,000 spectators.

Primosten, Croatia

Roman Emperor Diocletian was the first to step down willingly. In 305 AD, he retired to the Dalmatian coast to grow vegetables, especially cabbages. When asked to return as emperor, he replied, “If you could see my cabbages, you wouldn’t ask,” and lived out his days as a gardener by the sea.

Božidar Novaković, Serbian man from Bukovica, Dalmatia, Croatia, 1866. Russian Ethnographic Museum in Saint Petersburg

An old, experienced fisherman and his wooden boat with an outboard motor. Slowly cruising the bay, moving from one secret spot to another that only he knows. The sound of the motor chugs like an old train, and time has briefly stood still. Everything here is pure "laganini" (easy-going). How do you like this coastal peace?