The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a marble bell tower at Pisa, Italy. Even though the tower has been leaning since it was under construction, it has stood for hundreds of years, despite the fact that it looks as if it might fall any minute.
The tower was begun over 800 years ago, in 1173, and after the first three of its eight stories were built, the ground started to sink, and the tower began to lean. It has continued leaning, a millimeter each year, and now leans 14 feet out of line.
Still, the lean does not stop thousands of tourists each year from climbing its 300 winding steps to the bell tower to view Pisa and the surrounding countryside.
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I think it is weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting, yes. I’ve seen it a few times, doesn’t make me think it’s anymore amazing that oh. my hand. That’s just me, I mean, it’’s about to fall soon enough, then what will you people do, cherish memories?
I would like to go see this leaning tower, for it would be fun to run up the stairs.
Yes it would be fun to run up the stairs. I wonder if you’d fall out the window?
Your at the top with nothing to hold on to, and all of a sudden theres an earthquake! After the quake you feel a slight budge, you look down, only to see that the tower is falling at an alarming rate! What would you do?
I think it is amazing how it leans and never tips more than a millameter wow!!!
i think that it’s weird that people climb it even though its been there for ages
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well i’ve climbed the leaning tower of pisa (jokes apart).it was a fun experience!!u guys should try it..
If I was up there i would run down or either jump just like a normal person.
i would say that ths is jst a blessing. Until the word nd wl of the gr8 1 above commands then it shal happen which i thnk it aint gona happen. Ppl God is Gr8
i love it it is fun there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With todays technology the tower will not fall. There has been many things done to correct some of the lean and has already been up righted about 1 in. It will be here well past anyone’s life time who is reading this right now.
only if you jump lmao.
yaahoo!
spanner.
i think it would be fun to run up all of the stairs and when i wood get 2 the top i wood laugh my head off and the run DOWN the stairs!LOL!
it would kill me consitering im only 10
i will be going to italy soon enough while i am in high school for the foreign exchange program! i cant wait to see it! i will run up and down all three hundred stairs and take so many pictures from out of the windows! it will be amaising! I just hope that it never falls because if it does italy will be losing alot of tourists and money due to it.
I <3 Italy.
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don’t u think it is amazing!
der i know but i am having troble finding the current lean of it
According to the article, the tower is 14 feet out of vertical….
I hope this is an answer to your posting. I have not idea how many ‘degrees’ that involves, but surely someone reading this posting may have the answer.
Larry
Just checked another web site – sorry I did not write it down – but the Tower leans 5.7 degrees out of vertical. The article further stated that it is expected to collapse in 75 to 100 years [WE won't see it] at which time it will have reached a 6.1 degree angle out of vertical.
I enjoyed doing this ‘research.’ Fortunately, there were answers everywhere I looked.
Larry
scary. just imagine it falling and your at the top of it
in skool we have groups 4 s.s and im in italy we have to learn about a landmark and i picked the leaning tower of pisa also i picked it because it might be intursting to learn about it
Briana
fantastic imformation……………..loved it…….neways thanks for such an useful matter
gnahh! I would be soo freaked out, even though im not afraid of heights
I think this get wierd every day.whats the point making it.does’nt people get scared when it lke comming next to u.tramps
i think it was built by homer simpson after a few
lol i would luv 2 go 2 italy and c it!! but i thought u arent allowed to climb it anymore cuz they think itll fall… am i right??