Valun

Valun is a village on the Croatian island of Cres.

Valun
Village
Valun village centre
Country Croatia
MunicipalityCres
Population
 (2001.)
  Total62
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Valun is a fishermans village located to the southwest of the town of Cres.

The village of Valun was founded as a port of the now abandoned village of Bućov.

The village is famous as the location where one of the oldest Croatian Glagolitic inscriptions, called the Valun tablet, was found.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.