Video. Tourists test balance inside tilted church in Greece’s Ropoto

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Mar 25, 2026 · 106 words · By Frederique Mauduit

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What to know about Video. Tourists test balance inside tilted church in Greece’s Ropoto

The article describes a church in Greece that remains standing after a 2012 landslide caused it to tilt 17 degrees. It notes the structure's tilt exceeds that of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and has become a tourist attraction where visitors experience the slanted interior.

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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What happened

Tourists are visiting the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in the Greek village of Ropoto, where a landslide in April 2012 left the building tilted at a 17-degree angle.

Why it matters

The structure, carried downhill over several days as the ground shifted, now leans more steeply than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Common ground

Visitors enter the church to test their balance, walking and attempting to stand upright inside the slanted interior.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The site has become a local attraction, with people travelling to experience the unusual sensation and observe the building’s condition?
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Propaganda Score

confidence: 95%

Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The site has become a local attraction, with people travelling to experience the unusual sensation and observe the building’s condition.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in cross-references, web searches, or Wikipedia entries to confirm the church has become a local attraction with visitors traveling specifically for the tilted structure.

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Claim 2: “The structure, carried downhill over several days as the ground shifted, now leans more steeply than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.”

CORROBORATED

Three web sources explicitly state the church leans more steeply than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, with one article noting the 17-degree tilt versus Pisa’s 5.5-degree lean.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Assumption of Mary is a Catholic dogma that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken body and soul into heaven, defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950 in his apostolic constitution Mun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (dea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus

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Claim 3: “Tourists are visiting the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in the Greek village of Ropoto, where a landslide in April 2012 left the building tilted at a 17-degree angle.”

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Multiple web sources independently confirm the 2012 landslide caused a 17-degree tilt. Three distinct articles from different platforms (Express.co.uk, Greece’s Leaning Church, and others) describe the event and tilt angle.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abbey of the Dormition (German: Dormitio-Abtei, Hebrew: כנסיית הדורמיציון Knesia HaDormitsiyon, Arabic: كنيسة رقاد السيدة العذراء) is a Catholic abbey belonging to the Benedictine Order in Jerusalem, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_the_Dormition

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The House of the Virgin Mary (Turkish: Meryemana Evi or Meryem Ana Evi, "Mother Mary's House") is a Catholic shrine located on Mt. Koressos (Turkish: Bülbüldağı, "Mount Nightingale") in the vicinity o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Virgin_Mary

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Vladimir Mother of God, Our Lady of Vladimir (Russian: Владимирская икона Божией Матери), is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting the Virgin and Child and an e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_Vladimir

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Claim 4: “Despite the damage caused by the landslide, the church remains standing without visible structural cracks.”

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No evidence was found in cross-references, web searches, or Wikipedia entries to confirm the church remains standing without visible structural cracks.

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Claim 5: “Visitors enter the church to test their balance, walking and attempting to stand upright inside the slanted interior.”

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Three web sources describe visitors testing their balance by walking and attempting to stand upright inside the tilted church, confirming the claim about tourist activities.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titles_of_Mary,_mother_of_Jesu…

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