If you're thinking of going on holiday to Italy, you'll definitely want to check out the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is such an integral part of our popular culture, that it appears in almost every comic book. We can meet the mysterious buildingWhich always raises the question in our minds: Did the builders plan it this way? The goal from the beginning was for the tower to be inclined, so that it would remain distinct from others and become one of the most famous buildings in the world?
Well, the answer is simple, but the story of the Leaning Tower, which has been going on for a very long time, is surrounded by amazing and interesting facts.
The tower does not lean directly.
The building is not freestanding, but rather the bell tower of Pisa Cathedral. Earlier, serious excavations were carried out in the area, after which it was proven that the Etruscans, a very mysterious people who lived in the area before the Romans, had a sacred and spiritual place in the place of the tower. There was an Etruscan sanctuary here where divination was done.
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It took nearly 200 years to build the tower. Its construction began in 1173, and then the building sank after the third floor. There is disagreement about who exactly the architect was, previously attributed to Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano, but there are disagreements about this, but it is interesting that Bonanno was buried near the leaning tower, and it is here that researchers previously discovered his coffin.
Interestingly, the tower was built later so that even if it were straightened today, it would not be straight either, as the architects took its inclination into account when building the additional levels and balanced it. The levels are built higher on one side of the slope, and lower on the other side.
Throughout history, there have been several examples of orders to straighten it, among other things Mussolini tried, but the action succeeded in such a way that the tower sank even more.
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(source: Wikipedia, Supermedia)
