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Pejo Terme (1397m), as it is today called, formerly certified as “Antica Fonte di Pejo”, or “Acidule di Pejo” is more commonly called Pejo Fonti and “le Acque” (the Waters) in dialect. All of the buildings run along the meadowy hillside on a slight slope to the mouth of the Val del Monte, ploughed by the still young Noce river. The valley has a typical Alpine look and the eye can roam admiringly. It is this scenery, and the desire to get to know it, that eminent scientists and doctors ever since 600 have been attracted here in order to test the mineral water and write “coloured” reports on it. Pejo has therefore become an historical name for modern hydrothermalism.
The church, from a shrine dating back to 1771 is dedicated to S. Camillo de Lellis. The shape dates back to 1955. On the other side of the hamlet, the stocky Hotel Vioz building recalls the original destination of the sottosettore command by the Austrians during the “Great War”. The “Tarlenta” cable car station is not far from the health spa, the departure point for the ski slopes. Once passed the locality, a road winds into the woods on the left side of the Val del Monte. You can visit what remains of the Austrian fort, Bardadifiore, which stands on the opposite side. The valley ends at the “Fontanino”, where numerous walks set out around Pian Palù artificial lake.

Text by Rinaldo Delpero pejo@biblio.infotn.it