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Ad Dianam and the Old Jewish Cemetery
According to the 13th century map Tabula Peutingeriana, itself a copy of a map dated to the 4th or 5th century, a temple dedicated to the Roman godess Diana existed on the cape of Marjan, in the near vicinity of the Saint George's Church. Reffered to as Ad Diana on the map, what remains of the site is a portion of what appeared to be a structure seven meters long. Although it is generally accepted that the ruins near St. Georges Church are in fact what remains of Diana's temple, historian Miroslav Katić (1994) suggests these ruins might in fact be what is left of a roadside inn, situated on the road which led to the temple itself. Since 1573, a site on the eastern slopes of the Marjan had been used as a burial ground for the Jewish population of Split. The Old Jewish Cemetery (Staro židovsko groblje) was officialy