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Why does Caen's Church of Saint-Jean lean?

It's our very own Leaning Tower of Pisa, right here, in the centre of Caen! A church unlike any other: partially unfinished, architecturally varied and, more importantly, visibly unstable. So, why does the Church of Saint-Jean lean like that?

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