In which city the Leaning Tower is located

Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is considered one of the most important monuments in the state of Italy, which comes to tourists from various countries of the world, and is one of the seven wonders of the world, and one of the oldest historical installations in the continent of Europe, which dates back to the Middle Ages. The Pisa Tower is located in the italyn city of Pisa, the capital of the Province of Pisa located in the italyn state of Tuscany, close to the Mediterranean Sea. The city of Pisa is located to the west of the city of Florence an hour by train from it, and near the city of Livorno, and Pisa is connected through its Galilee airport to the italyn cities Others, and some European cities.
The Pisa Tower is located near the well-known Pisa Cathedral, which is the bell tower of the city cathedral, and he and four other buildings alongside it form the features of what is known as the Miracles Square.

The construction stages of the Leaning Tower

The construction of the Leaning Tower began in August of the year 1173 AD, and this tower began to tilt shortly after construction began, after the construction of the third floor of it, due to the loosening of the soil and its fall from under it from one of the sides, which forced the architects to stop building for a period that reached the century, The architects then completed its construction after that, and they tried to adjust its tilt in different ways, but they did not succeed in doing so, then its construction stopped again after the construction of four additional floors for a period of seventy years, until it was finally completed and the construction of its eight floors was completed in 1373AD, and the bell was suspended , Bringing the construction period to 199 years.
Three of the architects followed the construction of the tower, the first of which was the architect Bonano Pisanu, who started building the tower, then the architect Giovanni Pisanu, who completed the construction of the tower after the first interruption, then the architect Tommazo de Andrea Pisanu, who finished building the tower on his hands. Ascended to it in 1990 AD, due to the fear of its collapse at any moment, then it reopened thereafter in December of 2001, after several operations of confirmation and correction, and the number of its visitors was determined by forty visitors per round throughout.

General information about the Leaning Tower

General information about the Leaning Tower:

• The tower was called by this name because of its tilt from the planned vertical position, and its tilt is currently 5.5 degrees from the existing position.
• The tower of Pisa consists of eight floors, and it is a tower built in the style of Romen architecture in white marble.
• It is currently 56 meters above the ground, the tower contains 294 degrees inside, and its mass is approximately 14,500 tons.