La Tour Penchée, France - Feb 2011

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La Tour Penchee is a blockhouse in the North of France, near the town of Oye Plage.

It was built in the shape of a church steeple. Its purpose was to deceive the allied airmen who were bombing targets in Germany, as they often used visual cues for directions.

After the war, the French tried to blow it up to remove it but couldn't, leading to its leaning stance. (Penchee means 'leaning' in French)

On with the pics...

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Thanks for looking...:)

-RR
 

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