We took a one hour train ride from Florence to see The Leaning Tower of Pisa. We had no idea what we were in for!
The foundations were laid in 1173 for the tower and work on the tower stopped after the second story was built in 1185 because they noticed it was starting to lean. The problem is that the marble building is built atop sand.
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Between 1275 and 1284, three more stories were built, and in 1360 the bell tower was added. There has been some serious work to keep the tower from leaning more because it already leans 15 feet more than it should. 15 feet!!!
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And now, some video!
One more of the Baptistry, Basilica, and Leaning Tower...
Of course we had to do the silly pictures too!
If you would like to see more pictures from Pisa, click on the link below.http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=44861218037199446/l=412116901/g=7389791/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
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