the L E A N I N G tower of P I S A

Staying just twenty minutes from Pisa, you kind of have to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

We were not impressed at all with the city of Pisa, but once you park and make your way past the extremely pushy peddlers, the leaning tower is a little cool and worth checking out.

A few fun Pisa Tower facts:
* construction started in 1173 on sandy silt
* tower started to tilt even before the 3rd story was finished in 1274
* Galileo climbed to the top to conduct his experiments on the velocity of falling objects

* In 1350, the tower was leaning 4 ft, 6 in
* In 1817, the tower was leaning 12 ft 10 in
* In 1995, the tower was leaning 17 ft 6 in

Of course, we had to take the posed photos holding it up.

* click on picture to enlarge

 

Justin- flexing, of course

Ty & Caden- working together

Coleman- not in a great mood, but letting me take pictures anyway

Ashten- so strong holding it up

 

Along with the tower, there is a beautiful Dom and Baptistry in the Plaza.