Origin and history

The church Notre-Dame-de-Peygros de Tanneron is a religious monument located in the commune of Tanneron, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The available sources do not specify its period of construction or its detailed history, thus limiting the information to its status as a local cultural building. Village churches, like Tanneron, traditionally played a central role in community life in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

They served as a place of worship, assembly and identity marker for the inhabitants. Their architecture and location often reflected the social and religious organization of local populations throughout the centuries.