Paz (Ger. Passberg) is located on the main and, in fact the only, way that led from the Učka Mountain and the Boljun field through steep and unstable canyons to the centre of the peninsula and to the central settlement of the county – Pazin. Paz was at the centre of a separate feudal territory owned by the nobility, which had its headquarters in the local castle, whose remains are still visible on the hill above the settlement. Historical documents reveal a number of names related to this castle, from the Aquileia patriarch, Eberstein, Walderstein, to the Barbo family who restored the Castle in 1570, and to which a number of legends are linked, as well as historical notes from which we still get goose bumps. The cemetery church of St. Vitus located on the hill on the opposite side of the settlement was painted in 1461 by Master Albert, and to this day images of the Throne of Wisdom and the Virgin Mary with Child have been preserved.
