It's enough to give a monument an identity crisis. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is known worldwide for its precarious tilt - but now experts have revealed it's going straight. The tower's ...
Have you ever wondered if the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a catastrophe waiting to happen? In this one-minute video, Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze explains how architects and engineers spent the ...
Millions of people flock to the city of Pisa in Italy to see its world-famous leaning tower. But while the Leaning Tower of Pisa might be the most iconic leaning building in the world, it's not ...
Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun. Each day, hordes of visitors come to the small northwestern Tuscan town of Pisa to take pictures "propping up" its tower. Some do it ...
Italy's celebrated leaning Tower of Pisa has reopened to tourists again, three months after closing due to coronavirus. First to climb the more than 280 steps were 10-year-old Matilde and her ...
Built on the shifting sands of a former estuary, the Leaning Tower of Pisa probably began tilting not long after medieval laborers laid its first foundation stones. In the 800 years since ...
As of June 1999, the Leaning Tower of Pisa leaned an inch less than it had at the beginning of the year. It may sound like a small step for the tower, but it's a giant leap for the Pisa Commission ...
One of Italy’s historic leaning towers has ... area around a 12th century tower in the Italian city of Bologna which leans as much its world-famous counterpart in Pisa. There are concerns ...