Urban explorers visit crooked church standing at a 17 degree angle in Greek ghost village [Video]

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

This is the moment a pair of urban explorers visited an crooked church leaning at a 17-degree angle in a deserted Greek village.

Residents were forced to flee the once picturesque village of Ropoto, in central Greece in 2012 after a landslide caused many homes to slip down the mountain and crack.  

Viral footage shows adventurers Bob Thissen and Frederik Sempels visiting the village church, which has suffered little cosmetic damage. 

However, the building itself has moved more than 200 yards following the landslide, causing it to slant 17 degrees to the left.  

Adventurers Bob Thissen and Frederik Sempels visited the chruch in Ropoto, Greece, and filmed a video which has since gone viral

Adventurers Bob Thissen and Frederik Sempels visited the chruch in Ropoto, Greece, and filmed a video which has since gone viral

Bob and Frederik explore the building despite feeling 'nauseous' and adjusting their stance to walk up and down the slanted structure

Bob and Frederik explore the building despite feeling 'nauseous' and adjusting their stance to walk up and down the slanted structure

Residents were forced to flee the once picturesque village in 2012 after a landslide caused many homes to slip down the mountain and crack

Residents were forced to flee the once picturesque village in 2012 after a landslide caused many homes to slip down the mountain and crack

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, has a tilt of just 3.97 degrees by comparison. 

The hilarious clips show Bob and Frederik explore the building despite feeling 'nauseous' and adjusting their stance to walk up and down the slanted structure. 

The documentary makers say that most of the buildings in the village have been demolished as they approach the leaning church in the mountainous region of Greece.

Once inside, the pair proclaim the church to be more slanted than the leaning Tower of Pisa.

At one point, Bob and Frederik climb the stairs in the church, causing the filmmakers to feel sick.

At one point, Bob and Frederik climb the stairs in the church, causing the filmmakers to feel sick

At one point, Bob and Frederik climb the stairs in the church, causing the filmmakers to feel sick

The documentary makers suggest that most of the buildings in the village have been demolished as they approach the leaning church in the mountainous region of Greece

The documentary makers suggest that most of the buildings in the village have been demolished as they approach the leaning church in the mountainous region of Greece

In 2012, the once-bustling Ropoto was turned into a ghost town when homes and buildings started to slide down the mountain.

Over 300 families were forced to move out of their homes and the plight of the village was left in the hands of nature.

Flimsy foundations and steep inclines have been blamed for the disaster, which was first initiated by the village unable to push rainwater out to the surrounding stream. 

The disaster that befell Ropoto, which lies in northern-central Greece, was unprecedented

The disaster that befell Ropoto, which lies in northern-central Greece, was unprecedented

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