Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
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- 01Campanile (56.7 m)0–57 m
About
The bell tower of Pisa Cathedral, begun in 1173 and finished with its bell chamber in 1372. The model shows its 3.97° southward lean after the 1993–2001 works: 15 blind arches, six open galleries of 30 arches each, and seven bells. The tower stands in the sunken paved ring dug around its foot in 1838.
- Location
- Pisa, Italy
- Height
- 55.86 m on the low side, 56.67 m on the high side
- Lean
- 3.97° to the south since the 1993–2001 works
- Diameter
- 15.5 m at the base
- Built
- 1173–1372
- Visitors
- nearly 1 million annual tower climbers (1989 report)