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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.
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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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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commented 2 years ago
It was closed down because the people were leaning on one side of the tower to get a great view, so mostly everyone was on one side, then the leaning tower started to fall because there were too many weight on one side causing it to fall. Then it re opened because they fixed it to make the leaning tower of Pisa more stable by making more support on the side that the tower was leaning. So the answer is yes you can go on it.
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answered 8 months ago
Eng. Smith.
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
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
Lol is it just me or is everyone here a fob:D
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.
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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answered 7 months ago
The Tower of Pisa leans because once it was being constructed the foundations were not very good and the builders did not measure properly and they only had enough money to build it once so they left it and now it is the unique Leaning Tower of Pisa!!!
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answered 4 months ago
The leaning tower of pisa leans over because of the vast amounts of pizza on the roof that were all shifted to one side during an earthquake and their weight began to make the building lean
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answered 5 months ago
LoL... I would have said blame it on George Bush... He gets blamed for everything...
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answered 5 months ago
Because a mole dug underneath and came out the side and he forgot to put it straight when he got out so thats why it leans
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answered 8 months ago
Hahaha ur funny
Stupid. Yeah of course its pizza. Your wobbly how about i say it was because of you!!!!!!
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answered 6 months ago
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