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Jedina humska konoba / The only tavern in Hum
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were overlooking the streets, which enabled the quick
arrival of the military crew and the quick removal of the
town people into the castle. The string in the middle was
the oldest one, and it was built right after the castle because
the colonized border guards, who were included
in the castle crew in times of necessity, were awarded
small square parcels in a string where they built residential
houses one next to the other. Already in this earliest
phase of building the settlement, a small local St. Mary’s
Church was built in front of the castle, right next to the
town square.
This little town has “suffered” through many construction
phases. The period between the 12th and the
15th century is generally considered the second phase
of the construction of Hum. That was when Hum was
a part of the Aquileian Patriarchy. That was a period
when art truly blossomed in this town. The remainders
of that period are St. Jerome’s Grave Chapel, which is
painted with renowned frescoes, as well as the monumental
bell-tower that was built alongside the southern
defensive wall.
The new period of blossoming construction is bestowed
upon Hum during the Venetian domination in the 16th
century. That was a period of developed communal system
and, in proportion to that, a distinctive role of Hum
as an administrative, cultural and economical centre,
but with an emphasized defensive function. Defensive
walls were renovated and strengthened with two towers,
double (main) town gates were built, as well as the
town lodge and many other objects for administrative
and public functions, including the new local church in
the place of the older Romanesque St. Mary’s Church.
During the conflicts, robberies and war campaigns,
Hum was often placed in harm’s way, and its fortification
system, including the casket, was repeatedly demolished
and re-built. Hum’s present look was finished
in the early 19th century, when the local Blessed Virgin
Mary’s Assumption Church was built (also known as St.
Peter and Paul’s Church). It was built in the position of
the previous small local church from the 17th century,
and partly in the position of the castle. That was when,
due to the size of the new church, the southern city wall
was moved to the outside, which meant that the belltower
was now within the city walls.
Another interesting thing is connected to this microtown.
On the road between Roč and Hum (7km), on
both sides of it, a monument to the Glagolitic alphabet
was built and revealed in 1977. It is called the Glagolitic