Valun
Valun
Vallòn di Cherso | |
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Village | |
| View from beach View from beach | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia |
| County | File:Flag of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.png Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Town | Cres |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 64 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 51557 |
| Area code | 051 |
| Vehicle registration | RI |
Valun (Italian: Vallòn di Cherso) is a village located on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Administratively, it is part of the town of Cres. As of 2021, it had a population of 64.[2]
Valun is a fisherman’s village located to the southwest of the town of Cres. The village of Valun was originally founded as the port of the now abandoned village of Bućov.
The village is famous for being the location where one of the oldest Croatian Glagolitic inscriptions, the Valun tablet, was found.
Architecture
[edit | edit source]A church dedicated to Saint Nicholas (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) is on the cape in Valun.
The church Sv. Marije kod Krunice (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.), dedicated to Saint Mary, is in the bight of Valun.
A chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) is on the road from Valun to the plateau.
A Church dedicated to Saint Mark (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) is on the plateau above Valun.
Gallery
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Crnikova bay
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City centre
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View from sea
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Valun bay
References
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External links
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