Marshal Marmont Memorial Medal

In 1906 Napoleon appointed General Marmont as the military commander of Dalmatia. At that time Marmont was a young but very experienced military general, with many great battles behind him – in Italy, Egypt and Germany.

In order to embellish Split, Marmont ordered the demolishing of the forts and ramparts in the south-western part of the city. That same year, when he was in Split again, he sent a letter to the Municipality in which he specified the following works: the construction of the seafront in front of the Church and Monastery of St.