HUM

According to the legend, giants built Hum from rocks left after building other towns in the valley of the river Mirna. The basic outlines of the present-day Hum date from 11th century, when the castle was built, while the crucial changes happend in the 16th and 17th centuries, during the Venetian period. Since Hum contains administrative facilities, facilities for public affairs and has its own mayor, it is regarded as the world's smallest town. Hum was, alongside Roč and Buzet, one of the most important glagolitic centres. Therefore, in Hum one can find various glagolitic artefacts such as the Hum graffito in the Church of St. Jerome and Glagolitic inscriptions on the ground floor of the Paloča.

THE MAIN TOWN GATE

Dates from the 11th century but it got today's look in the 1562. It has double doors that lead into the town palace (Paloča). In 1981 the new copper wings were provided - they show a peasants' calendar and huge ox-horn shaped knobs.