Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Visit: 15 min
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Why go
- The lean of about four degrees, with the top displaced 3.9 metres.
- White Carrara marble and column galleries with 30 columns on each level.
- A Romanesque entrance decorated with animal sculptures and grotesques.
- A spiral staircase between two concentric stone cylinders.
Opening hours
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What you see
- Visitors can climb to the top for a view over the surrounding area.
Know before you go
- Children must turn eight by the end of the year to enter.
- Visitors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Interesting facts3
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1280
The soft foundation soil that caused the lean also helped the tower withstand at least four strong earthquakes since 1280.
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1655
The largest bell was cast in 1655 and weighs three and a half tonnes.
Opera della Primaziale Pisana: sito ufficiale – Tower -
A plumb line suspended inside from the centre at the top nearly touches the wall below.
Schiefer Turm von Pisa - Wikipedia
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History
In 1838, a basin was excavated around the base to reveal buried column bases. Restoration of the interior and exterior stone surfaces was completed on 22 April 2011. The structure has a ground-floor room called the sala del Pesce, named for a fish bas-relief, and an open-air bell chamber on the seventh ring. The chamber holds seven bells tuned to the notes of the major scale.
- 1173Foundations were laid on 9 August; construction of the white marble ground floor began on 14 August.
- 1178Sinking prompted a pause lasting nearly a century, allowing the soil to settle.
- 1272Construction resumed under Di Simone.
- 1319The seventh floor was finished.
- 1372Tommaso di Andrea Pisano completed the bell chamber, combining Gothic and Romanesque styles.
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- 1990The tower closed on 7 January as its lean became dangerous; its tilt had reached 5.5 degrees.
- 1993–2001Stabilization reduced the lean by removing 38 cubic metres of soil beneath the raised end.
- 2001The tower reopened on 15 December.
Sources: Leaning Tower of Pisa - Wikipedia · Pisa - Wikivoyage (see) · Opera della Primaziale Pisana: sito ufficiale –… · Schiefer Turm von Pisa - Wikipedia · Tour de Pise - Wikipedia · Torre di Pisa - Wikipedia · checked 6 Oct 2026
- Phone
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Questions and answers
Who designed the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
The architect’s identity remains disputed; a 2001 study suggested Diotisalvi.
Did Galileo drop objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
A disputed legend says Galileo dropped spheres of different masses to test how bodies fall.
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