The soft sand beneath the tower caused subsidence over the many years after it was built, it was in fact straight when built! Don't build your house on a foundation of sand comes to mind!
It is the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
No,but they are making it safer.
It is part of the cathedral
It was actually built to be a Bell tower but the landscape wasn't straight.
Because when they built the tower after the third floor, they tried to correct the inclination to keep the center of weight well inside the basement. The result is that the tower is slightly banana-shaped. We can appreciate the different inclination in particular on the last floor. If the tower was straightened completely, the center of weight will cause the tower to fall on the opposite side.
leaning Tower of Pisa
If you straighten anything, by definition it would be straight.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is in Pisa,Italy
Another name for the Tower of Pisa is the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
AnswerYes the leaning tower of Pisa is in Italy. The reason why they call it the "Leaning Tower" of Pisa is, because the ground is not stable and it looks like it is leaning over. The "scientists" if that is what you call them have built stilts or poles to keep it from falling over.
The famous tower in Pisa, Italy is called The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pisa is the name of a Town, who, quite accidentally had a Tower built that started to lean. So the Tower became known as the "leaning Tower of Pisa". It can't be the "leaning Tower of Pisa" if it isn't in Pisa.