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 Why does the leaning tower of Pisa lean over?
 27 Mar 2007 15:36
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 The Tower at Pisa has been leaning since the early days of its construction. It had only reached a height of 10 metres when the foundations started to slip. Atempts were made to correct this but the structure was completed as a leaning tower in 1350, about 175 years after the work had first started.

North Italy has a number of leaning towers but most of them started leaning quite a while after they were built, so the one at Pisa is unique.

The tower is made from white marble and is nearly 56 metres high and has 8 storeys, each containing 8 bells that sound a different note on the musical scale. It used to be possible, until relatively recently, to climb to the top of the leaning tower of Pisa and look at the view below. This was a strange experience as the tower does lean over at quite a sharp angle. For safety reasons, this is now not allowed.
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by   kath18
  27 Mar 2007 15:36
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 ok, so the tower was closed of to public completely in like 1991 or something, and reopened in 2000 something.. anyway, my point is, you said that for safety reasons it is not allowed to go to the top...but since it reopened does that mean you are not allowed to climb up at all anymore, because i have read and been told you can still go to the top of the tower, well since it reopened, but then ive read that you can't??? so, which is it?
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by   sailorsk8r   22 Jan 2008 18:53    
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