Marina De Franceschini - Giuseppe Veneziano - Zlatko Andrijašević
"The astronomical orientation of Diocletian's palace in Split (Croatia)".
Presentation at the 12th Archaeoastronomy Conference in Sardinia "La Misura del Tempo" (Measurement of Time).
Sassari, 16 December 2023 at approximately 11:00 am
Conference room of the Sardinia Foundation
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Scheduled in Sassari (Sardinia, Italy) on Saturday 16 December
Conference room of the Sardinia Foundation, in via Carlo Alberto 7,
An intense day of studies that will see astronomers, astrophysicists, archaeologists and science communicators of recognized international experience at the speakers' table.
Thanks to the cooperation with
Zlatko Andrijašević, scholar and researcher from Split (Croatia),
Marina De Franceschini, (archaeologist and independent researcher), and
Giuseppe Veneziano (archaeoastronomer of the astronomical observatory of Genoa) studied the orientation of Diocletian's Palace in Spalato (Split, Croatia).
Special illuminations are still visible in the
Vestibule of the Palace of Diocletian during the days of the Winter and Summer Solstices and of spring and autumn Equinoxes, which had a precise symbolic meaning.