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Leaning Tower of Pisa (CAMPANILE DI PISA) (Scenery) Satellite maps

Leaning Tower of Pisa (CAMPANILE DI PISA) is in fact the church Pisa (DUOMO) a part of the whole church building at the main church, baptism Tong and three of the clock tower.The Cathedral of the Cross used to this, some elegant chic design of the pillars decorated; Church of the positive test is the Church, then the church built in the rear of a Roman-style architecture, is part of its dome in more than 100 years after construction And the Goethe-style design, like a ball on the cone, very unique.Leaning Tower of Pisa more than 20 meters from the cathedral, the Cathedral is the clock tower, the appearance of a cylindrical, rises from white marble.Pataki used in Latin inscribed on the built in 1174, completed in 1350, but actually used by the ancient Pisa calendar than the calendar as early as 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was founded in 1173 .It is said that Leaning Tower of Pisa Pisa Fleet is transported to the completion of the six war booty.Leaning Tower of Pisa 54.5 meters high, 16 meters in diameter and weighing about 14,000 tons.Leaning Tower of total eighth floor, with the exception of the top and bottom is different, the other six-storey structure completely the same.Leaning Tower bottom of a 15 cylinder, six are among 31 columns, the top 12.Along the stone pillars are four meters wide, the ring walk.Leaning Tower of both arches on each floor, a total of 213, the bottom of the Leaning Tower on the wall engraved with the relief, a top-level Zhongting.A spiral tower level 294, for visitors Dengta, overlooking the city scenery.Leaning Tower of Pisa is the world's architectural history a major miracle.As heavy pressure on the shaft and geological soft, the foundation of the south than the north about two meters lower.During the construction shaft is a slight tilt, with the progress of the works, the gradient is increasing.To the tower built to the third layer, it is clear that tilt, once laid off.100 years later, the engineers Tomaso Pisano carefully measured and calculated that although the Leaning Tower of Pisa tilt, but it will not collapse, so that works to the original design to construction until completion.As more and more serious in the Leaning Tower of tilt (0.2 millimeters per year), is expected it will eventually be unable to resist gravity-fed and collapsed.Italian government to save the Leaning Tower, no do not have the skills to the final steel supports, and is no longer open Leaning Tower of internal and comprehensive protection.After 11 years of renovation, the Leaning Tower in 2001 re-opening to the outside world, and to ensure that the next 250-300 years will not collapse crisis.

Leaning Tower of Pisa (CAMPANILE DI PISA) geographical coordinates (Google maps satellite map Landmark) finishing date: (2006/10/22 9:51:00)
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