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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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answered 8 months ago
The main reason why the tower of pisa lean over is geological reason, that before constructions we have to calculate and estimate the settlement of the construction after completion. There is two type of settlement one due to direct load on the soil and the other which related to time that the load firstly absorbed by the water and then the effect of the load is transferred to the soil particles. Moreover, the settlement in most cases is uneven due to uneven distribution of soil. What we are worried about is the clay particles because it settled and compressed much better than sand. Here what happened in the pisa tower is that the distribution of clay materials underneath the tower is not the same that clay particles are more on the side that comes down more or settled more so the load compressed the clay and compressed in one side more than other side. For this reason it lean over
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answered 7 months ago
The tower leans because of poor construction.
The side that has sunken under the earth was built on wet clay (I thought the Romans were meant to be smart)and when the weight became too great it started to sink.
NOW the Romans realised they had a problem and stopped construction, deciding to let the clay dry before they began again.
Construction then began again and the tower was completed. BUT it started sinking again, you can't blame it it does weigh 14,500 tons.
But luckily we became a bit smarter than the Romans in 2001 and started to give the Tower some support to stop it from sinking any further.
Hope it helps, even though I am about 2 years late:D.
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