Plomin is a village in the Croatia

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n part of Istria

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, situated approximately 11 km north of Labin

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, on an 80 meters high hill. It is a popular destination for tourists traveling through Istria by road.
Originally named Flanona, the settlement was built in Roman

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 times, above the bay bearing the same name. Plomin was abandoned after World War II

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, due to the bay becoming too muddy and its inhabitants, mostly Italians

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, emigrating to Italy

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. However, it has since been repopulated, and is today home to approximately 130 people. The buildings in the town are several hundred years old, built on the ruins of the original Roman houses. The walls date back to the 9th century.

Plomin contains two churches, St George the Elder and St George the Younger. Both contain Christian

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 art. St. George the Elder contains Plomin tablet

Plomin tablet

thumb|right|The Plomin tablet.Plomin tablet is a Croatian Glagolitic inscription at the outer wall of the church of Saint George in Plomin. Roman god of flora and fauna Silvanus is portrayed. This inscription bears witness of early parallelism of two cultural currents on Istrian territory: Romance...

 as a part of the outer wall, an 11th century religious text

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 written in the Glagolitic alphabet

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, the oldest known Slavic alphabet

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.