Origin and history

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Lentigny is a monument located in the municipality of Lentigny, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Although its existence is attested, the available sources do not specify its period of construction or the architectural or historical details that could inform its evolution over the centuries. The churches dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, like that of Lentigny, traditionally played a central role in the lives of local communities.

They served as places of worship, gathering for religious feasts, and often as visual landmarks in the urban or rural landscape. In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, these buildings generally reflected the importance of the Christian faith in the social and cultural organization of the villages.