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Origin and history

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Church is a monument located in the municipality of Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The available sources do not specify its period of construction or its detailed history, but its name suggests a dedication to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a recurring theme in Catholic churches. Parish churches such as Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption played a central role in the lives of local communities, especially in the mountains.

They served as a place of worship, gathering and spiritual landmark for the inhabitants. In Alpine regions such as the Maurienne, to which Lanslebourg belongs, these buildings were often linked to village history, their economic development and their social organization around the Christian faith.