Whether they’re small houses or tall skyscrapers, the buildings we live in have nice straight walls to hold up our ceilings.
The Leaning Tower Of Pisa took 199 years to build, starting in 1173, but stood straight for only the first 5 years.
As soon as they added the 3rd story, it started tilting. The problem is that the tower is really heavy for its height.
It’s only about 183 feet tall, making it the shortest famous “tower” in the world, but it weighs 16,000 tons. Worse yet, it was built on soft clay that couldn’t hold up the building.
Over the next few centuries, builders kept adding more stories and making changes in hopes of fixing the tower. By 2001 builders had worked to make the tower stand a little straighter, but then left it as it stands today.
Experts now believe that the tower is ok for at least 200 years – well, as ok as it’s going to be.
