Built in 1939, the leaning house was originally a blockhouse for observation and defense for the entrance of the Mont-Cenis railway tunnel, commissioned in 1881. In 1944, during the German withdrawal, this blockhouse was blown up. by two wagons stuffed with explosives at the entrance of the tunnel. He literally jumped to drop off a bit further almost intact, but not really horizontal ...
- Historic site and monument
Leaning house
At the exit of Modane, towards Valfréjus, the leaning house is aptly named. Inside this blockhouse dynamited by the Germans in 1944, you defy the laws of balance!
