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 ...

Last week, the leaning tower of Pisa, famed piece of medieval architecture, was in danger of toppling over. The annual story from Rome said so. Italian engineers also said so. The Campanile, or ...

Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four masterpieces of medieval architecture - the cathedral, the baptistry, the campanile ...

It’s become Italy’s other “leaning tower.” And now, after mounting concern that the Torre Garisenda in Bologna might be on ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the stunning city of Pisa with this captivating drone footage, showcasing the world-renowned Leaning Tower of Pisa, the historic Piazza dei Miracoli, and the ...

Built on the shifting sands of a former estuary, the Leaning Tower of Pisa probably began tilting not long after medieval laborers laid its first foundation stones. In the 800 years since, a bevy ...

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 ...

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The UK is home to many famous landmarks, but few are as iconic as its world-famous clock tower. While it may seem perfectly upright, experts have discovered that it has a slight tilt - one that ...

Ten arc seconds are added to the tilt after boring both into the masonry foundations and accidentally into the soil beneath them. With the tower continuing to tilt naturally at the rate of a ...