Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun. Each day, hordes of visitors come to the small northwestern Tuscan town of Pisa to take pictures "propping up" its tower. Some do it ...
It's enough to give a monument an identity crisis. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is known worldwide for its precarious tilt - but now experts have revealed it's going straight. The tower's ...
A 'Leaning Tower' in Italy Might Collapse—and It Isn’t in Pisa Authorities in the Italian city of Bologna said they will spend almost $5 million to secure the Garisenda Tower over fears the ...
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a key example of Medieval Architecture Italy. It’s part of the famous Piazza dei Miracoli complex. This area also has a cathedral, baptistery, and cemetery ...
A young Galileo is perched atop the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He is in the middle of his famous experiment—the one in which he shows, by dropping cannonballs of different weights, that all objects ...
It’s become Italy’s other “leaning tower ... hatched to save it using the same equipment that shored up the Tower of Pisa.
Have you ever wondered if the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a catastrophe waiting to happen? In this one-minute video, Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze explains how architects and engineers spent the ...
Italy's celebrated leaning Tower of Pisa has reopened to tourists again, three months after closing due to coronavirus. First to climb the more than 280 steps were 10-year-old Matilde and her ...