The Tower, Pisa

Fondest memory: This is my ticket to the top of the Tilted World.
I had to wait for like 3 hours before my turn was granted to climb up the Torre di Pisa.
The ticket says:
My turn was at 5 pm on 14th june 2003.
I could stay up there for about 30 minutes.
The cost of the ticket was/is 15 Euros.
It was worth the wait for me !

Favorite thing: I reallu loved the churches,the architecture is amazing, wonderful

Fondest memory: Well, When I saw the tower ,I really felt lucky, such an amazing building, enormous and famous that everybody wanna see, my best memory is just.been there

Favorite thing: Construction History on the Tower:

- The works on the foundation started on 9 August 1173.

- The tower was constructed in the course of about 200 years.

- The third order had only just been completed when, in c. 1178, the building works were suspended.

- Around 1272 the construction was recommenced, only to be interrupted again, at the level of the 7th cornice, in c. 1278.

- The construction of the belfry (8th order) began around 1360 and was completed 10 years later.

Fondest memory: the leaning of the tower

Favorite thing: Some facts on the tower:

- The height of the building from the foundations to the belfry is c. 60 m.

- The tower weighs c. 14.500 tons.

- The Tower is shaped like a hollow cylinder formed by two concentric walls (in marble blocks) which contain mortar and matter.

- A spiral stair within the cylindrical body allows access to the arcaded storeys and to the summit of the Tower.

- The inclination is c. 5.5 degrees towards the south; this means that the seventh cornice protrudes about 4.5 meters over the first cornice.

- The staircase consists of approximately 300 steps.

Fondest memory: climbing the tower

Favorite thing: Torre Pendente or the Leaning Tower (or De Scheve Torre in 't Vlaems).

Tourist attraction number one in Pisa, maybe even in Italy.

What the Colloseum is for Rome, is the Leaning Tower for Pisa.

Of course it is also one of the wonders on the Field of miracles (Campo dei Miracoli).

Fondest memory: the leaning tower

Favorite thing: Begun in 1173, the tower began to tip sideways before the 3rd storey was completed. Even so, construction continued until its cempletion in 1350. Recently the tilt has increased, so visiting tower is limited and not many people can go inside (inless if you've got a lot of time...).

Favorite thing: The only thing we knew about Pisa before coming here was they had this tower. We soon found out all about it:
They started building the tower in 1173 and when they came to the third floor the tower started to sink away at one end. The builders just went on with their job and in 1350 the 8-storey tower was finished. In 1350 the tower was 1.4 meters of center. In 1817 it was already 3.8 meters. After recent restoration works the 54.5 meter high tower is just over 5 meters of center.

Fondest memory: When I was there they still hadn't worked out satisfactorily how to stop the leaning tower from falling over completely. Over the years various schemes had been tried with varying degrees of success. During my visit the tower was closed to visitors and lead weights had been put on the base to prevent it from falling over. I believe now that the problem has been resolved and once again the tower is open so visitors can climb it again.