The village of St. Martin, with its charming little churches dedicated to St. Lucy, St. Martin, and St. George, is a picturesque group of ruins from a late medieval settlement, situated along a historic road that once connected Omišalj with Čižići and Dobrinj. Even today, this road is still surrounded by a landscape that has been preserved for centuries, shaped by dry stone walls and other typical features of the island’s cultivated countryside.

In this area, besides certain typical features such as drmuni (groves surrounded by dry stone walls) and mrgari and mošune (ancient dry stone shepherd structures), there are also the scattered ruins of several villages and their churches.

These villages date to the late 15th century, when the Prince of Krk John VII the Younger (Ivan VII. Mlađi) brought migrant farmers to the outskirts of the historic Omišalj area. These newcomers were from the mainland and were called Vlachs by the inhabitants of the island. This move sparked protests among the indigenous people of Omišalj.

Today, the remains of the village of St. Martin and its little churches stand as a valuable witness to medieval history, the way of life, and the harmonious coexistence between people and the karst landscape of the island of Krk.