Zminj is a town with 670 inhabitants in central Istrian located on the road from Pazin to Kanfanar. It is a major junction of local roads leading to: Barban, Kanfanar, Pula, Sveti Petar u Sumi (St. Peter in the Woods), Pazin, Pican and Tinjan. The remains of ancient ramparts and towers are well-preserved.
The baroque church of St. Mihovil has an extensive inventory of art from the 17th century. The gothic chapel of the Holy Trinity has frescoes dated 1471, and the chapel of St. Antun has two pictures from the year of 1381, both of the Venetian school of art. Zminj became known of the Convention of cakavian poetry which takes place here every year. Valuable Istrian souvenirs are manufactured here in the workshops of the most famous Istrian masters.
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