Split and Marjan are inextricably linked, making it easy to experience a powerful synergy of nature, cultural beauty, recreation, and entertainment in one place.
The Holy Hill, as many call Marjan, boasts many architectural monuments, both sacred and public, which are so unified with the nature of the park-forest that they always create a sense of awe and reverence in every passerby, even those who visit daily. This heritage is rooted in nature, in the enduring connection between people and their environment.
Marjan is a place where nature has shaped culture, and culture has shaped nature. Many of its parts testify to this, and if we pause for just a moment, it becomes clear that each one tells a story about Split’s past. Even those areas that are yet to be explored offer the potential for cultural creation, as they have inspired many throughout the centuries.
In addition to being celebrated in numerous literary and scientific works, many cultural assets on Marjan are protected:
- The cultural landscape of the Marjan peninsula – a planned landscape
- The cultural and historical complex of the Sustipan peninsula with the Church of St. Stephen – an urban complex
- The cultural and historical complex of Meje – an urban complex
- The Jewish Cemetery – a memorial structure
- The Church of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows – a sacred building
- The Church of St. George – a sacred building
- The Church of St. Nicholas – a sacred building
- The Bethlehem Chapel (Church of Our Lady of Bethlehem) – a sacred building
- The Church of St. Jerome – a sacred building
- Crikvine-Kaštelet (Meštrović's Crikvine-Kaštilac) – a sacred building
- The complex of the Meštrović Gallery and the Meštrović Atelier – a public building
- The Burazin House – a public building
- The Ferić House – a residential building
- The Tresić-Pavičić House – a residential building
- The Marjan Stairs – public structures
- Secessionist buildings within the Zoo on Marjan – public structures
- The building of the Institute for Oceanography and Fisheries – a public building
- The building of the Meteorological Station – a public building
- The building of the Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments – a public building
- The remains of the Church of St. Benedict and the archaeological site in the Bene area on Marjan – archaeological heritage