Solin

The climate is Mediterranean, with mild winters and hot summers. During the winter, a strong north-eastern wind Bura occurs frequently.

Settlements

The administrative area of the city of Solin includes the following settlements:^[4]

• Blaca, population 3
• Kučine, population 1,082
• Mravince, population 1,717
• Solin, population 20,996
• Vranjic, population 1,064

In the vernacular, Solin is divided into eight neighbourhoods: Centar, Priko vode, Srednja strana, Sveti Kajo, Rupotina, Vranjic, Mravince and Kučine.

History

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Ancient Salona

In the late ancient times, Salona's importance was great both politically and religiously. It was the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian, who ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 AD.^[5][6] He was born around 244, and served as a soldier and then a Roman army officer as a young man.^[7]

Salona was an early Roman settlement, which became overshadowed when Diocletian constructed the nearby

Salona had a well-organized Christian community with a bishop as leader ever since the middle of the 3rd century (bishop martyr Venantius lived at that time). Since the fourth century, Salona honored in its large basilicas its glorious martyrs from the times of Diocletian's persecution: St Domnius (Latin: Domnius; Croatian: Duje; Italian: Domnio), craftsman Anastasius the Fuller, deacon Septimia, priest Asteria, and others.

In the fifth Century, Salona's bishops started exercising more metropolitan duties (archbishop Hezihius), and in the sixth century they carried the archbishop title as well (arhiepiscopus), and fulfilled the duties associated with the title. (archbishops Stephen, Honorius and others). That means that at that time they held primary positions in western Illyria. Siscia's bishop from the region Pannonia joined the Dalmatian bishops on the synods held in Salona in the years 530 and 533 as a member with full rights. At the time of Diocletian, Salona had a population of 60,000.

In 639 Salona was destroyed by the Avars.^[11] After the fall of Salona and the whole region under the Avarian rule (first quarter of 7th century), worship of Salona's martyrs was moved to Rome. Namely, Pope John IV ordered transportation of parts of their relics, which he placed in a dedicated chapel close to the Lateran baptistry. The images of those saints, which had been created in mosaic by the Pope's wish, can be found today in the apside of the chapel. Search for relics for Rome was probably the incentive for Salona residents who inhabited the new city of Split, located only a few kilometers from the abandoned Salona. At the very least, they wanted to bring to Split the bones of their most important protectors: St. Domnius and St. Anastasius. They placed them in what was once Diocletian's mausoleum, which was subsequently converted into the Cathedral of Saint Domnius.

Middle Ages

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In the 9th century, Duke

View of the Split conurbation (with Solin in the foreground) from Klis

Transport

Solin is situated on the D8 (

Zagreb - Split railway passes through the city territory. Although there is a train station in Solin (2 km (1 mi) to the west of the city centre), only regional trains stop here. Regional rail transport is to be intensified because of the Split Suburban Railway project.

Split Airport (SPU) in Kaštela is situated 15 km (9 mi) to the west of Solin, well connected by roads and local transport.

Public transport is organized by several bus lines operated by Promet Split company that provides public transport for the

• #1 Starine (Solin) - HNK (
  Split
  )
• #2
  Split
  )
• #5 Dračevac (Solin) - HNK (
  Split
  )
• #10 Japirko (Solin) - Trajektna luka (
  Split
  )
• #13 Kolodvor Sukoišanska (
  Split
  ) - Dračevac (Solin)
• #16 Ninčevići (Solin) - HNK (
  Split
  )
• #22 Rupotina (Solin) - HNK (
  Split
  )
• #32 Kolodvor Sukoišanska (
  Split
  ) - Kučine (Solin)

Local bus lines from

As of 2021, Solin has 24,862 inhabitants, 49.01% of them being male and 50.09% being female. ^[14]

Climate

Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The