WORLD LANDMARKS · 1173
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Engineers stabilised the tower between 1990 and 2001, reducing its lean by more than 40 cm.
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
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