Leaning Tower of Pisa

Leaning Tower of Pisa Tower is the cathedral city of Pisa in Italy bell, is located in the city of Pisa in the state of Tuscany, construction started in 1173 and continued its construction 199 years ago. It consists of eight floors built of white marble, and use the Romanian style architecture in the construction of the tower. Tower height of 56.2 meters, and the mass amounts to about 14,500 tons, and has a drawer number of degrees about 300 degrees, which is currently equipped with a lift. Its 7 bells listed on the musical scale weight heavily three tons and a half. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the major tourist attractions archaeological mission at the level of Italy and the world. It is worth noting that some famous scientists such as Galileo did some physical experiences over the Leaning Tower of 

Pisa. 

Next to the Cathedral of Pisa Tower

   Image from above the tower of Pisa 

One of the bells Leaning Tower of Pisa

• Who built the Leaning Tower ??!

There is disagreement about the identity of the person who built the Leaning Tower of Pisa, was believed to be the artist known Bonanno Pisano is built, an artist famous bronze his deeds which decorated Pisa Cathedral, but it turns out that Bonanno was not alone who built the tower of Pisa has been building completed after a long pause on the hand of Giovanni Pisano and then completed the construction in the second half of the fourteenth century by Tommaso di Andrea Pisanu.

• Reason of calling:

Called the Leaning Tower of Pisa because the tower began to tilt rods and deviated from the vertical plane after its construction shortly until his tendency became almost evident five degrees and a half.

Image shows the dimensions of the tower of Pisa and the amount of inclination to a specialized engineering software

• Why Milan and how to treat it:

It believes that the reason for this Milan is uneven subsidence in the soil on which the tower. And construction continued nevertheless, and in 1275 AD there was an attempt to change the weight of the tower station without any benefit, used the beams to support the tower. In the era of the Italian leader Mussolini had ordered the strengthening of the rules of the tower by pouring concrete until it is returned to the horizontal position, but that led to dive over in the soil, was closed the tower because of the fear of a sudden collapse in the early nineties in the last century, it has been supported and Sindh several times until it became safe and opened again in front of tourists and visitors from around the world.

Photo showing one of the engineering attempts to save the Leaning Tower of Pisa and                                                                     make it safe for visitors

• when the problem turns into an advantage:

Many tourists used the inclination Pisa tower to capture unique images, many of which appear to pay the Pisa tower to collapse, while the other, they are showing in the pictures they are trying hard to save the tower of Pisa from falling. The question arises, what if the tower of Pisa is italic ?? Was it would take such a large volume of fame ??!

A picture of the tourists seem to like the Leaning Tower of pay for the fall

Image for tourists where it seems as if trying to protect Leaning Tower of Pisa from falling

I conclude this image Night Tower of Pisa next to the cathedral:

                             Night Portrait of the Tower of Pisa next to the cathedral