IT TOOK TWO CENTURIES TO BUILD IT.
THE TOWER LEANS BECAUSE OF ILL-CONCEIVED DESIGN PLANS.
AT ONE POINT, THE TOWER’S LEAN SWITCHED DIRECTIONS.
THE LEAN KEPT GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.
THE ENGINEER WHO OVERSAW THIS RECLAMATION PROJECT WASN’T ALWAYS AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD.
THE TOWER COULD STILL RESUME TILTING.
THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL LEANING TOWERS IN PISA.
OTHER TOWERS HAVE CHALLENGED ITS FAMED LEAN.
MUSSOLINI TRIED TO FIX THE TOWER. HE ONLY MADE IT WORSE.
THE TOWER WAS A MILITARY BASE DURING WORLD WAR II.
AMERICAN TROOPS DECIDED NOT TO DESTROY THE TOWER.
GALILEO MAY NOT HAVE DROPPED A CANNONBALL FROM THE TOP.
A ROCK DOME IN ANTARCTICA IS NAMED AFTER THE TOWER.