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  2. Leaning Tower of Pisa - Wikipedia

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    Leaning Tower of Zaragoza, was a famous European leaning tower Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul) , an ancient leaning tower that stood until 2017; reconstruction efforts are currently underway List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

  3. 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.

  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. ‘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 ...

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

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    In the early ’90s the tower, the centerpiece of a UNESCO World Heritage site, reached a lean of 4.5 degrees and fears for its stability led to an international effort to stop it from toppling ...

  7. List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

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    The Taroona Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest building between 1870 and 1875. It is the tallest cylindrical sandstone tower in the Southern Hemisphere. Mirisawetiya Vihara: Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka: 192: 58.5: c. 161 BC: Ekambareswarar Temple: Kanchipuram India 192 58.5 1509–29 Leaning Tower of Pisa: Pisa: Italy: 191.47: 58.36 ...

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

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    One of Bologna’s famous “twin towers” which dominate the city center, the 48-meter (158 feet) Garisenda was built in the 12th century when Bologna was a mini Manhattan, with dozens of towers ...

  9. Leaning Tower of Zaragoza - Wikipedia

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    The Leaning Tower of Zaragoza, sometimes called by its Spanish name, Torre Nueva (new tower), was a Mudéjar leaning tower located in current Plaza de San Felipe, in Zaragoza (in Aragon, Spain). Over the years, the tower became an icon for the city. It was also the highest Mudéjar-style tower ever built (80 m (260 ft)) in 1504.

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