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  2. Leaning Tower of Pisa - Wikipedia

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    The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza,-ˈpiːsa] [1]), or simply the Tower of Pisa (torre di Pisa), is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation.

  3. Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of the antiquated view and the outcome of the experiment (size of the spheres represent their masses, not their volumes) Between 1589 and 1592, [1] the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (then professor of mathematics at the University of Pisa) is said to have dropped "unequal weights of the same material" from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of descent was ...

  4. List of leaning towers - Wikipedia

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    The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, an iconic leaning tower. This is a list of leaning towers.A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally (due to errors in design, construction, or subsequent external influence such as unstable ground), does not stand perpendicular to the ground.

  5. The Leaning Tower of Pisa was once tilting dangerously ... - AOL

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    The Tower of Pisa was once feared on the brink of collapse as the lean that made it such a popular landmark threatened its very existence. As it celebrates its 850th birthday, experts now say its ...

  6. Piazza dei Miracoli - Wikipedia

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    Leaning Tower of Pisa, in 2009. The campanile (bell tower), commonly known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, is located behind the cathedral. The last of the three major buildings on the piazza to be built, construction of the bell tower began in 1173 and took place in three stages over the course of 177 years, with the bell-chamber only added in 1372.

  7. ‘Leaning tower’ in Italy closed off amid subsidence fears

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    The 48-meter (158 feet) tower was built in the 12th century when Bologna was a mini Manhattan, with dozens of towers reaching towards the sky, each built by local families trying to construct ...

  8. ‘Leaning tower’ in Italy on ‘high alert’ for collapse

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    It’s the ‘leaning tower’ that has stood tipsily – but steadily – for nearly 1,000 years. But now, the days of the Garisenda tower in Bologna, Italy, could be numbered.

  9. Leaning Tower of Pizza - Wikipedia

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    Leaning Tower of Pizza may refer to: Leaning Tower of Pizza (proposed structure), a proposed skyscraper near Ann Arbor, Michigan "Leaning Tower of Pizza", a 2012 episode of Fleabag Monkeyface; Leaning Tower of Pizza, a nickname of basketball player Charles Barkley; Leaning Tower of Pizza, an element of The World According to Goofy parade at ...

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