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Why Does The Tower Of Pisa Lean?
4 min readApr 8, 2020
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower located in the city of Pisa in Italy. As its name suggests, it actually does lean to one side. The tower started to lean during construction because the foundation was built on soft ground that had difficulty supporting the weight.
A Team of engineers is constantly monitoring its inclination and people in Pisa are ready to take action to save the Tower should its inclination become critical.
But what is a critical inclination and why the Leaning Tower of Pisa does not fall?
Who built the leaning tower of Pisa?
The real identity of the Tower of Pisa’s architects is a mystery.
