Experience a Tilted Center of Gravity at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Published by Kristin Cowles, Editor-in-Chief
Country: Italy 
The Experience
This tilted tower know locally as La Torre di Pisa, began to shift soon after its construction in 1173. Located in Cathedral Square, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is actually a free standing bell tower apart of the Pisa Cathedral. Currently the angel of the slant is 3.97 degrees , making the top of the tower 3.9 meters lower then where it should be if it were straight up. Tourists can enjoy a trek to the top of the tower and experience first hand a tilted center of gravity on this beautiful work of art!
When to Go to Leaning Tower Of Pisa
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- Italy Travel Guide - Lonely Planet
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- Tilt: A Skewed History of the Tower of Pisa (Hardcover)
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Elsewhere on the Web
- Leaning Tower of Pisa - Wikipedia.org
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply The Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the Cathedral and it is the third structure by time in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square).
- La Torre di Pisa
- The Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral. Its construction began in the august of 1173 and continued (with two long interruptions) for about two hundred years, in full fidelity to the original project, whose architect is still uncertain.
- Leaning Tower of Pisa - How Stuff Works
- One of the world's most recognizable buildings is surely the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Go see it, if you're so inclined....
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa - UNESCO
- Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four masterpieces of medieval architecture – the cathedral, the baptistry, the campanile (the 'Leaning Tower') and the cemetery – had a great influence on monumental art in Italy from the 11th to the 14th century.
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Media References
- Securing the Lean In Tower of Pisa - NY Times.com (newspaper)
- NOBODY in the Italian Government wants to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa; its tilt keeps the tourist lire flowing. But in January, the Government approved a $25 million project to keep the 800-year-old tower from tipping farther.
- Tipping The Balance - Time.com (magazine)
- In 1989 almost a million visitors clambered up the 294 steps and peered out over its vertiginous tilt--about 13 ft. off plumb and growing by an alarming .04 in. to .08 in. a year.
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