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WORLD LANDMARKS · 1173

Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy

Engineers stabilised the tower between 1990 and 2001, reducing its lean by more than 40 cm.

Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The story, as a puzzle

A tower on soft ground.
Work began in 1173 on a cathedral bell tower that started to tilt before it was finished, because its foundations sank into soft ground. Pin it.

Where it is

Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy · 43.7230, 10.3966

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre ↗

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