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Hum je svoj današnji izgled u osnovnim konturama dobio još u 11. stoljeću / Hum
has received the basic contours of its appearance back in the 11th century
ded the one in Hum. In the year of 1102, Ulrich II. gives
away Hum, along with many other castles, as a feudal
donation to the Aquileian Patriarch. The document cites
“castrum Cholm” (according to the old Croatian phrase
Hlm) and that is the very first mentioning of Hum. That
act basically signifies the start of Hum’s history as a fortress.
Even in the later historical sources, all the way until
the 17th century, Hum is mentioned as “castrum”, which
means fortress, and that emphasizes its fortification role.
These days, this little town is a town-monument, as one
of the rare preserved examples of urban development
exclusively within the early-medieval walls. It’s interesting
that, since the 11th century up until today, almost
nothing was built outside the city walls of Hum; the town
has remained within the boundaries that were determined
in the early Middle Ages. The Hum Castle was
situated on a plateau in the western part of the town
within the defensive walls, at a place where you can
now find the local church, church courtyard and the
westernmost part of the northern string of houses. The
castle’s blueprint had a shape of a rectangle with 35x-
30m dimensions. The entryway into the castle was from
within the town, and its primary function was defensive.
Afterwards, a settlement was gradually built alongside
the castle. That resulted in a small town positioned along
a prolonged hill, within the city walls that enclose the
rectangular surface that is about 100 metres long and
35 metres wide.
The physical organization of the town is consisted of three
parallel strings of houses that are spread from the east
to the west, as well as by two streets that divide them
and a trapezoidal square near the main town gates. The
two streets directly connected the castle to every other
part of the town. Residential houses in all three strings
Poznati istarski pršut / Famous Istrian prosciutto
Natpis na željeznim vratima /
Script on the iron doors
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