Hvar is important to the history of Croatia as it was one of the centers of Croatian literature during the Renaissance, with writers such as Petar Hektorović and Hanibal Lucić.
Hvar je důležitý pro historii Chorvatska, jelikož byl jedním z center chorvatské literatury v období renesance, žili zde např. Petar Hektorović a Hanibal Lucić.