The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been closed to the public for over a decade (1990 - 2001). During this time, a massive engineering operation took place in the attempt to stop the monument from falling. By the end of 90s, the Tower was in fact slowly heading toward its catastrophic collapse.
Here is how they stabilized it...
This is probably one of the most asked questions... to the point that Google gives a straight answer: 57 meters.
However, you should not always believe what you are told and - just for this time - you should not trust even Google.
Why?
...because GOOGLE IS WRONG on this one: the Leaning Tower of Pisa is NOT 57 meters tall...
Believe it or not, no one is reporting this fact right… neither Wikipedia nor Google and not even the signs in “Piazza dei Miracoli” in Pisa, where the Tower stands... or for better use of words, leans.
So we went there and we counted the steps one by one ON VIDEO!
When you stand on the square underneath the Leaning Tower, you cannot help appreciating his majesty. It stands tall and it leans upon you. There is something magic about it.
The entire monument is made out of solid rock. You look at it from the bottom up and you cannot really grasp how much work it must have been necessary to put all that together.
On top of that, each stone is different. There are literally thousands of little details and features sculpted in the white marble!
You are enchanted by its beauty. Then a question arises...
How does it look on the inside?
In 2018 the Leaning Tower of Pisa is going to be 845 years old.
...this if you count its age starting from the beginning of construction in 1173.
If you were to count from the year the construction was completed, the tower would then be much younger.
