It's not every day a building just ups and moves... especially not when it's a 1,500-ton church.
But that was exactly what happened to the Cathedral of St Dominic in Fuzhou, China today.
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Sacred site: The Cathedral of St. Dominic in Fuzhou, China before a section is moved
On the move: The 1,500-ton church had it's priests' building taken 75.6 meters (248 feet) from its original position.
The accommodation for priest will then be rotate 90 degrees to make way for a new road.
Engineering set the two-storey building on 400 wheels to run on rails before gradually turning it.
Planners decided on the action rather than demolish the Catholic cathedral in the capital of south-east China's Fujian Province, which was built in 1932.
The huge project of moving the priests' building started on August 30 this year.
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