Hum (
Italian
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: Colmo;
German
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: Cholm) is a settlement, administratively located in the town of
Buzet
Buzet (; ; ) is a town in Istria, west Croatia, population 6,133 (2011). The historical core of Buzet dates back to the Middle Ages, and today Buzet is known as the town of truffles. Buzet is also known as the home of Croatian motorsport, and eve ...
, in the central part of
Istria
Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; ; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian: ; ; ) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at th ...
,
Croatia
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. The
elevation
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is 349 m. Due to its size, Hum is considered by some to be one of the smallest towns in the world.
History
On its western side, the town is enclosed by walls and on the remaining sides houses are built into the defensive walls. It was first mentioned in documents dating from 1102, at which time it was called Cholm which is derived from the Italian name Colmo. A bell and watch tower was built in 1552 as part of the town's defenses beside the town loggia.
[Naklada Naprijed, ''The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide'', pg. 27, Zagreb (1999); ]
The town's parish church of the
Assumption of Mary
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It leaves open the question of w ...
, with its classical facade was built in 1802 on the site of an earlier church which was built by the local master Juraj Gržinić.
The "Hum Glagolitic wall writings" are preserved in the church, written in the formative period of
Glagolitic
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(the second half of the 12th century) and they are one of the oldest examples of
Croatian Glagolitic literary culture in the Middle Ages. The town's museum displays a few Glagolitic writings.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was 52.
It had a population of 30 people per the 2011 census.
File:Hum–Church of the Assumption of Mary-02.jpg, Parish church of the Assumption of Mary
File:Hum2.JPG, Houses in Hum
File:Hum1.JPG, A street in Hum
Hum U Istri.jpg, Hum railway station
File:Hum zvonik.jpg, Hum bell tower
References
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Populated places in Istria County