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Glagolitic alphabet is a Slavic script made from medieval cursive Greek small alphabet in about mid 11th ct. The author of the Glagolitic alphabet is mostly considered to be St. Cyril, who used this script for his translation of church books into the Old Slavic language. The story of the Baška tablet begins during the king Zvonimir’s visit to the Benedictines. He donated some land to them, on which they later built St. Lucy’s Abbey. After his death, in order to protect their property, a king’s donation, they decided to chisel the king’s charter – a legal document, into a stone tablet in order to forever have proof that the donated land is inalienable property of the Benedictine abbey.

In the memory of the Glagolitic alphabet and all Glagolits throughout Croatian history, the Baška Glagolitic path on the island of Krk was composed of sculptures in the shape of Glagolitic letters. It starts with the sculpture in the shape of the Glagolitic letter “Az” on Treskavac, and ends with the last sculpture on the waterfront in Baška harbour. The letter sculptures are placed on prominent positions along the valley and the surrounding slopes.  Each letter signs one of Croatian towns, and they are made of indigenous Krk limestone “sivac”. The purpose of the path is to instruct the visitors of the Baška area by interactive methods and permanently guide them through the historic and cultural significance of this area.