Armo is a small village at the foot of a steep slope, which was part of the customs-free territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1915. You can still see traces of that period in the historic fountain, near the central square.

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At the lower edge of the village, preceded by a small square, stands the church dedicated to the apostles Simone and Giuda Taddeo (Simon and Jude Thaddeus), which partly originated as an ancient votive chapel. The presbytery, the oldest section of the building, bears the year 1117 engraved on the vault.

The parish of Armo was established at the beginning of the 18th century, replacing the previous local curacies. The construction of the church and its decorative elements were financed by the noble family of the Counts of Lodrone, feudal lords of Valvestino and Magasa, who had their coat of arms placed on the marble antependium of the high altar.

This altar, built in 1724, bears the coat of arms with the red lion in majesty, testifying to the donation from Count Carlo Ferdinando di Lodrone, canon of Trento Cathedral. The church was subsequently enlarged and consecrated on 12 August, 1837, by Monsignor Giovanni Nepomuceno De Tschiderer, Prince-Bishop of Trento. The new altarpiece of the high altar, dating back to 1893, is the work of the painter Vanza di Cavalese.

In 1964, the parish of Armo passed from the diocese of Trento to that of Brescia. Between 1970 and 1976, an altar and a wooden ambo were added to the presbytery, in front of the high altar, while the baptistery was placed in a side niche near the main entrance. In 2004, renovations and static consolidation work were carried out in the sacristy on the east side of the building.

The church has a single-room layout facing north, with the bell tower with Guelph merlons on the west side. The service rooms and the sacristy are on the northeast side. The light-coloured façade is divided into a single register with four pilasters and two central openings: an entrance portal and a rectangular window. The upper part of the façade is crowned by a slightly protruding tympanum.

The full-height interior features ribbed vaults decorated in Baroque style, with Corinthian pilasters and a stucco cornice that runs around the entire perimeter, including the presbytery. The apse is circular and embellished with decorations. The wooden pulpit is notable, decorated with an arm holding a crucifix, typical of the Trentino-Austrian tradition.

On the side of the main entrance, a wooden mezzanine dating from the early 1900s is accessible via a wrought-iron spiral staircase. The masonry is made of stone and bricks, reinforced with steel in the sacristy. The archive contains birth and death registers beginning in April 1729, and marriage registers beginning in 1910.

The Confraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is still active in Armo. It was founded in the 19th century and approved on 15 December, 1872, by the Bishop of Trento, Benedetto Riccabona de Reichenfiels, at the proposal of the parish priest of Turano, Giuseppe di Giampietro, and the curate of Armo, Giovanni Battista Battisti.