Fortis had hired geotechnical surveyors who found a 24-foot (7-m) layer of infill composed of everything from gravel and bricks to old docks and ... company building the tower's concrete ...

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 ...

the Italian government closes the Leaning Tower of Pisa, sparking outrage by Pisan officials, who fear the loss of tourist revenue and the resulting impact on the local economy. The closure was ...

If left unchecked, the landmark could lean as much as the Tower of Pisa in roughly 4,000 years. That landmark is, of course, Big Ben, officially known as the Elizabeth Tower, which has stood at ...

Their instruments ring out from iconic places like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Vatican. The workshop has survived nearly 1,000 years of wars and hardship, but it's a crisis of faith that is ...

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 ...