Built on the shifting sands of a former estuary, the Leaning Tower of Pisa probably began tilting not long after medieval laborers laid its first foundation stones. In the 800 years since ...

SSC High Rise, the local construction company building the tower's concrete ... The building is leaning three inches to the north." Rather than attempting to fix the root of the problem ...

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 27 - Bologna's leaning tower will be secured with scaffolding from the Leaning Tower of Pisa as part of moves ... five million euro to fix the Bologna tower, which has been ...

As of June 1999, the Leaning Tower of Pisa leaned an inch less than it had at the beginning of the year. It may sound like a small step for the tower, but it's a giant leap for the Pisa Commission ...

Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun. Each day, hordes of visitors come to the small northwestern Tuscan town of Pisa to take pictures "propping up" its tower. Some do it ...

Have you ever wondered if the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a catastrophe waiting to happen? In this one-minute video, Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze explains how architects and engineers spent the ...

Rising to an incredible 360 feet, it is Europe’s tallest sand dune, dwarfing even the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, which stands at just 186 feet. Stretching 1.8 miles in length and 500 meters ...

The UK is home to many famous landmarks, but few are as iconic as its world-famous clock tower. While it may seem perfectly upright, experts have discovered that it has a slight tilt - one that ...