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List of leaning towers. Leaning Tower of Niles, a replica of the Tower of Pisa; 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
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.
The Leaning Tower of Niles, in Niles, Illinois; a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa; The "Leaning Tower of Patchogue", a nickname given to the former PD Tower at the LIRR station in Patchogue, New York; it was demolished in 2006; The Leaning Tower of Britten, in Groom, Texas; The Leaning Tower of Dallas in Dallas, Texas, a now demolished ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Between the Byzantine and the Gothic period was the Romanesque movement, which went from approximately 800 AD to 1100 AD. This was one of the most fruitful and creative periods in Italian architecture, when several masterpieces such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Piazza dei Miracoli and the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan were built. The ...