The Leaning Tower of Pisa is considered one of the strangest landmarks on the surface of the earth, as it was classified among the seven wonders of the world, due to the strange design of this tower. As the tower is not vertical like the rest of the constellations, but is characterized by its incline, let our dear readers, together in this article, get to know some information about the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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Pisa tower
The Tower of Pisa is located in the city of Pisa in the state of Italy, and it is known as the Leaning Tower or the Leaning Tower of Pisa as it is known as the bell tower and is a term given to the constellations that contain bells inside. The Pisa Tower is the cathedral’s tower located in the italyn city of Pisa and is the third oldest building in the vicinity of the cathedral in the city of Pisa. The tower is considered one of the oldest structures that have existed since the Middle Ages on the continent of Europe, and it is considered one of the most important archaeological sites that tourists come from all over the world.
The history of the construction of the Leaning Tower
The construction of the Leaning Tower dates back to the year 1173 AD and this construction has continued for a period of 174 years. As the construction of the tower started in August of the year 1173 and then the construction was halted until 1178 A.D. The third floor was constructed in the tower and then the construction and construction work was stopped for a long time because of the tilt of the tower, then the construction work came back and eight floors made of white marble were created and called the leaning tower This is the result of his inclination, as his degree of inclination is five.
The cause of the tilt of the tower
The reason behind the leaning of the Pisa tower is due to the presence of slump and looseness in the soil on which the tower is built, and the architects who built the tower have noticed the occurrence of the tilt at the early stages of construction, but they did not stop the construction work and continued in it, but when building the fourth and fifth floors the designers tried to adjust the tilt By adjusting the center of gravity in the tower, but they did not succeed in that, the tower continued to incline. Until now, attempts have been made to prevent the tower from being destroyed by placing supportive supports for it. In 1990, tourists coming to visit the tower were prevented from entering the tower and going up on it, due to fears of the tower falling.
Information and facts about the tower
- The tower is 56 meters (185 feet) high.
- Inside the tower there is a staircase consisting of 300 degrees.
- It consists of eight floors.
- It contains seven bells and the largest bell weighs three and a half tons.
- The thickness of the walls at the base is eight feet.
- The mass of the Leaning Tower is 14.700 tons.
