Churches and sanctuaries · Peio · Valle di Pejo
Chiesa di Santa Lucia
The miners wanted it, and a bequest of 1374 was paid in iron.
From above
360 metres from here
It stands on top of the hill that appears in documents of 1528 as Sot castel, and traces of ancient walling suggest a prehistoric hill fort. Tradition holds it to be the oldest church in the small valley, and it was built at the wish of the many miners employed in the iron mines nearby.
That this was the local economy is shown by a testamentary bequest of 1374 by Ebele da Cles, episcopal vicar of the Val di Non and Val di Sole, who left this church a legacy of iron. Not money: iron.
In front of the old entrance an inscription sums up its history in a single line: built from time immemorial, surrounded by the portico around 1500, and used as a cemetery until 1866.
- Bequest
- 1374
- Dedicated to
- Santa Lucia
- Protection
- Italian cultural heritage site