Town Pazin

Pazin was made the administrative center of the Istria county, because it is located in the geographical center of the county and in order to boost the development of the interior of the peninsula, but this explanation is disputed by some.

A town situated above the canyon of the Pazincica river. The borough of Kastel is located above the subterranean pit Jama, while the settlement developed around it. Kastel was built on the rock, 130m above the jama pit, and the new part of the town was buiklt in the lowlands.

It abounds in cultural-historical heritage - the ruins of the 13th century castrum Pisinium fortress. The building of the old Pazin gymnasium houses the Archive with abundant historical material concerning Istria. It is also a traffic nexus for the interior and the coastal settlements.

Pazin was made the administrative center of the Istria county, because it is located in the geographical center of the county and in order to boost the development of the interior of the peninsula.

The current town was mostly built around a fort (Kaštel) rebuilt in the 15th and 16th century and disassembled in the 18th and 19th. The Kaštel has been a museum since the end of WWII. Tourism in Pazin and the vicinity is based upon the beauties of the untouched natural landscape and the rich cultural/historical heritage.