Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa wasn't supposed to lean at
all. It was supposed to just be the bell tower for the Cathedral
of Pisa. It was to hold the bells that rang to tell people when to come
to church. But when
they built it, in the Early Middle Ages, about 1173 AD, nobody in Europe had been building anything much for several hundred years, and the architects were not really experienced. They were probably imitating Islamic minarets from across the Mediterranean Sea, but they didn't really know what they were doing. So the
architects built it on soft ground, without enough foundations, and as soon
as they were done it began to slowly tilt over sideways.
Even today, the tower is still tilting over, little by little, though mostly people have stopped it now with reinforcements to make it stronger.
To see what it would be like to go up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, click on the video.
Even today, the tower is still tilting over, little by little, though mostly people have stopped it now with reinforcements to make it stronger.
To see what it would be like to go up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, click on the video.
