Origin and history

The church Notre-Dame-de-Pitié de Saint-Genest-Lerpt is a religious monument located in the municipality of the same name, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The available sources do not specify its construction period or detailed architectural features, limiting the understanding of its historical evolution. In this region, parish churches such as Notre-Dame-de-Pitié traditionally played a central role in community life, serving as a place of worship, assembly and identity marker.

Their construction often reflected the spiritual and social needs of local populations, although the archives specific to this monument were lacking.