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= **The Leaning Tower of Pisa ** Pisa, Italy =



The Leaning Tower of Pisa, also known as just the Tower of Pisa, is located in the city of Pisa, in Italy. The Tower of Pisa is located next to the Cathedral of Pisa in the Square of Miracles (Piazza dei Miracoli) in Pisa. it is a free standing bell tower, which has seven bells which are all tuned to musical scales. It is one of the most intriguing historic architectural marvels of the world, making this one of our Seven Wonders of the World.

The Tower was intended to be vertical initially, however, it soon gave in during the early stages of construction, tilting towards the southeast due to weakly laid foundation and substrate that allows the foundation to change direction. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is considered to be a work of art, which took nearly two centuries to be completed.

The Tower stands at a height of 186.27 feet (58.36 meters) from the foundation and 186.02 feet on the higher side. It’s width from the bottom is measured 13 plus feet and 8 plus feet from the top. The Tower’s weight measure an astounding 14,500 tons and has almost 300 steps.

The Tower Of Pisa was made over a period of 177 years in three different sections. The first floor was constructed in the year 1173 and it was in the year 1178 when the tower had the thirds floor, when the tower started to sink. The reason was that a three meter foundation had used unbalanced soil, which actually means that the design was flawed right from the beginning. Then the construction was halted for almost a century as the city was in continuous war and in the mean while, the soil got the time to settle in, else the tower was for sure to topple over. The tower also has a clock that was installed on the third floor.

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