The Kastav Statute ( hr, Statut Grada Kastva) is a 14th-century Glagolitic city

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of Croatian city

Kastav Kastav (Italian: Castua) is a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia, built on a 365 m high hill overlooking the Kvarner Gulf in the northern part of the Adriatic coast. It is in close vicinity of Rijeka, the largest port in Croatia, and t ...

. The Kastav Statute "Zakon Grada Kastva od letta 1400", was written in 1400,http://www.zavod.pgz.hr/novo/docs/zzpuHR/documents/43/Original.pdf in

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, near

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

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. Some sources claims that it was written in 1490, but it was probably translated from Glagolitic Script into

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then, since it is preserved in Latin. The Kastav Statute confirms status of Kastav, as an administrative and political centre from the late 14th century.

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