Saturday, 3 August 2013

Europe Day 7 - Pisa & Florence

Today was another long day of driving on our way to Florence but we stopped off at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The Pisa is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the Baptistry. The tower's tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure's weight. The tilt increased in the decades before the structure was completed, and gradually increased until the structure was stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.



I didn't do much that night as I was feeling unwell (by the way not because of alcohol). 

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