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Leaning Tower
This is a list of leaning towers. A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally (due to errors in design, construction, or subsequent external influence such as unstable ground), does not stand perpendicular to the ground. The most famous example is the Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy. Asia China * The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda of Xi'an * The Huzhu Pagoda of Tianma Mountain near Shanghai * The Huqiu Tower in Suzhou, Jiangsu * The deliberately tilted Iron Tower of Yuquan Temple, Hubei * Qianwei's Leaning Tower in Suizhong County, Liaoning * Baoguang Temple's pagoda: only the top levels are tilted Hong Kong * The pair of towers of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor India * Golden Pillar in Ettumanur temple * The Leaning Temple of Huma, Sambalpur * Ratneshwar Mahadev temple, Varanasi Iraq * The 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, destroyed in 2017. Malaysia * A clock and water tower in the Teluk Intan town in Perak Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaning Tower Of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa ( it, torre pendente di Pisa), or simply, the Tower of Pisa (''torre di Pisa'' ), is the ''bell tower, campanile'', or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable Foundation (engineering), foundation. The tower is one of three structures in the Pisa's Cathedral Square (''Piazza dei Miracoli, Piazza del Duomo''), which includes the cathedral and Pisa Baptistery, Pisa Baptistry. The height of the tower is from the ground on the low side and on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is . Its weight is estimated at . The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. The tower began to lean during construction in the 12th century, due to soft ground which could not properly support the structure's weight. It worsened through the completion of construction in the 14th century. By 1990, the tilt had reached 5.5 degrees. The st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
