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The Tower: Don't Miss It
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  • Updated By sue_stone on October 28, 2005
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  • there she is! - Pisa
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    How fabulous is the Leaning Tower of Pisa!

    It is one of those must-see things to see when in Italy.

    When built, the architect only managed to complete three tiers before it started to lean.

    Re-opened to visitors in the last couple of years, it is exhilerating to climb to the top and look over Pisa.

    It is bizarre climbing up the stairs with the walls and floor sloping in with the lean, which is quite pronounced - best to keep a hand on the wall as you climb so you don't fall over!

    You can pre-book your tickets on the website, and then just pick them up an hour before your climb. This way you son't miss out, as it can get pretty busy.

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  • Address: Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa
  • Phone: +39 050560547
  • Directions: follow the tourists!!
  • Website: www.opapisa.it

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    The Tower: The Campanile
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  • By alucas on March 9, 2006
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    Pisa - The Campanile
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    Forget "the Lean" for a moment, the tower, which was begun in 1173, with its elegant colonnaded circles and 190 marble and granite columns is beautiful - and must have been very expensive ! The bell tower at the top was added in the 1300s.

    The angle of the tower, which may or may not have been intentional - no-one knows - was increasing to a point where it was becoming dangerous. In recent years work has been done on the foundations and the tower is now considered safe for tourists to climb again.

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    The Tower: The leaning steps : a special experience
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  • By filipdebont on October 23, 2004
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  • The leaning stairs - Pisa
    The leaning stairs
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    During my 9 day trip I did climb several buildings (Dome of St peter in Vatican, Campanile in Siena, Dome in Firenze).

    But climbing the Torre Pendente in Pisa was a very special experience.

    Of course because of the special position of this Tower. As you are climbing the Tower, the one moment the steps of this Tower are leaning towards the inside and a half revolution further they are leaning towards the outside. So you need to adapt your search for the right balance every half revolution you make on the spiral stairs.

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  • Address: Campo dei Miracoli

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    The Tower: View from the Tower
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  • By filipdebont on October 24, 2004
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    In order to reach the top of the leaning tower you need to pass the approx. 300 steps.

    But it is worth to do this effort, as the view is great.

    You have a great view over the Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles), with in front the Cathedral (Duomo) and the back the Battistero (Baptistery) and at the right the Campo Santo (the cemetery).

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  • Address: Campo dei Miracoli

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    The Tower: Climbing the tower
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  • By filipdebont on October 23, 2004
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    climbing the tower
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    The tower was closed since 1990, but reopened since December 2001.

    In order to climb the tower, you need to buy a ticket (15 euro). If you have intentions of climbing this tower, do not hesitate, buy your ticket first, before you visit the other buildings at the Campo dei Miracoli, as the tower can only entered in groups of 20 persons.

    I did buy my ticket around 12.00 and my tower-access time was 15.30.

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  • Address: Campo dei Miracoli

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    The Tower: The Leaning Tower
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  • Updated By filipdebont on October 23, 2004
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    They started building this tower in 1173. In fact it is an elegant Romanesque construction.

    Already in 1178, while constructing the third floor, the tower started to lean, because of the bad underground (7 meters mud, sand and clay).

    This tower was also used by Galileo to prove his theory of the falling objects.

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  • Address: Campo dei Miracoli

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    The Tower: Belfry
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  • Updated By filipdebont on October 23, 2004
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    This tower is the Campanile (clock tower) for the Cathedral (Duomo). At the 8th order there is the belfry.

    The clock chamber has a smaller diameter then the 7 other storeys.

    Luckily for us the bells did not ring when we were visiting the tower.

    More information on this famous tower at http://torre.duomo.pisa.it/

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  • Address: Campo dei Miracoli
  • Website: http://torre.duomo.pisa.it/

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    The Tower: and FINALLY - The leaning tower
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  • Updated By globetrott on June 13, 2004
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  • The Tower - Pisa
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    Of course NO page about Pisa is complete without the leaning tower.
    It was started to be built in 1174 by Bonanus, who just had finished the 3rd floor, when the tower started to lean...
    Giovanni de Simone continued in 1275 with the construction...
    ...and finally in 1372 it was finished by Tommaso Pisano
    Several wise people of all decades tried to find a technical solution in order stabilize the tower, that leans about 4 meters today.
    Galileo Galilei - born 1564 in Pisa, was the most famous of them. He started to make experiments about gravity and had the strange idea,the world would be a ball....
    The Vatican could not accept his theory, made a trial against him and set him into prison in 1633, where Galilei died in 1642.
    More than 300 years later, in 1993, the pope appoligized for that error...

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  • Directions: On Piazza dei Miracoli - you certainly will NOT miss it...

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    The Tower: Late evening,just wandering with my camera
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  • Updated By neilward on October 26, 2004
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  • The Tower - Pisa
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    As with many of my other pages,I like to wander round,as I`m sure we all do,clicking at this,that and the other.Then just seeing how they come out,the best thing is that no-one can say thats wrong,its down to personal preference,I`ve seen some fantasic photos on VT.Even gaining some ideas for some photos myself.
    I often wish I could draw,or even paint,it must be wonderful to just open up a box of paints,and just put down on canvas what you can see and feel.

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    The Tower: Leaning tower
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  • Updated By Helga67 on October 10, 2004
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    Leaning tower of Pisa
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    Of course, there is no visit to Pisa without a visit to the leaning tower. Few monuments in the world are as famous as this one.

    Because of the crumbly state of the ground upon which Pisa stands, the tower was never vertical and it only got worse until recently when they found a solution to stop the inclination.

    Admission: 15 EUR!
    Opening hours:
    April-Sept: 8 am - 8 pm
    Mar & Oct: 9 am - 6 pm
    Nov-Febr: 9 am 4:30 pm

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