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The Temple of Jupiter is a small Roman temple built between 295 and 305 in the western part of Diocletian's Palace, near the Peristyle. It was turned into the baptistery of St John in the early Middle Ages; inside are a coffered barrel vault, a font with an 11th-century relief of a Croatian king and a bronze John the Baptist by Ivan Meštrović.

The Cathedral of Saint Domnius occupies the octagonal mausoleum that Diocletian built for himself inside his palace, converted into a church in the 7th century. Inside are red granite columns, a Roman frieze and walnut doors carved by Andrija Buvina in 1214; the 57-metre bell tower, begun in the 13th century, rises beside it over the Peristyle.