Sustipan Memorial Park

Sustipan is a small peninsula at the southeastern tip of Split’s port. It is named after a church dedicated to St Stephen the Protomartyr that originally dated to the Late Antique period. Later on, in the early Middle Ages, Benedictines were given the peninsula, after which they had built a monastery known as St Stephen Under the Pine Trees. The monastery which was one of the most important ecclesiastical institutions in the time of the Croatian Kingdom, was abandoned in the fourteenth century. It remained disused until 1832 when the area was transformed into the first communal cemetery of Split. Following World War 2, the Sustipan Cemetery was destroyed and the communal cemetery moved to Lovrinac, while the area of the little peninsula was transformed into a park. The destruction of the nineteenth century cemetery is still held by many as one of the great culturocides of modern Split.

The Sustipan Park is opened to visitors, offering one of the most spectacular views of Split and its surroundings.