Hum – the smallest town in the world

Hum is a town in the central part of Istria, 7 km from Roč, 14 km southeast of Buzet on a hill above the Mirna valley. This small fortified habitation has maintained all the features of medieval urban architecture and organization. It has a population of only 17 people (2001 census), but is officially a town, and is the Guinness World Record holder for the smallest town in the world. Hum is one of the rare preserved and untouched examples of urban development inside medieval walls. Hum is also the mecca of Croatian Glagolitism where you can see the first monuments and trace the very beginnings of Croatian literacy, as well as get to know the old Croatian alphabet Glagoljica. The Aleja glagoljaša (Glagolithic Avenue) is a series of 11 monuments dedicated to the Glagolitic script, placed along the 4-mile route between Roč und Hum.