SALONA VILLAGE
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brother, all three in Zara. The Holy Trinity has
peculiarities of its own; it is circular in plan, with
six apses opening, by arches, out of the central
circle, which was surmounted by a cupola, now
fallen in. Regaining the main Spalato-Salona road,
we soon come to the wayside chapel of S. Doimo
(S. Dujam) at the foot of a small and shallow
valley, which runs up to Diocletian’s natal country,
Mravince, Kucine, S. Tecla, with its pyramidal
mound, all backed by the grim rock wall of the
Mossor. This valley is crossed by Diocletian’s
aqueduct, built to supply his palace at Spalato,
still visible, still intact, still feeding the modern
town. A mile or so farther on, the road, passing
under the little line that runs from Spalato, through
Salona and Klissa to Sinj, brings us to the modern
hamlet of Salona, a cool, refreshing oasis in this
country of arid, French-grey limestone rock. To
reach the village you cross the lovely, limpid, rapid
■fader, said to have given its name to Jadera (Zara)
°f ancient Roman days. The river rises, a mile or
so higher up, like so many Dalmatian rivers, a full-
grown flood, issuing from a grotto at the foot of
Preeipitous cliffs under the frowning fortress of
Klissa, which towers high above it. The Jader
feeds Diocletian’s aqueduct, and its waters are
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