Most tourists attractions don’t change their name – but this one did. Originally called the ‘Tower of Pisa’ is not more commonly called the ‘Leaning Tower of Pisa’

The Tower is just behind the cathedral and is one of the oldest buildings in the city.

The height of the tower depends on which way you measure it because leans at four degrees. Interestingly the tower started to lean while it was being built back in the twelfth century.

The tower took 200 years to build and continued to lean further and further during the construction and afterwards. The lean was at its most extreme last century before some corrective work was done to stabilise the foundation.

During the building of the tower, there were at least four STRONG earthquakes and amazingly the tower survived. Researchers have since discovered that the softness under the tower which caused it to lean is also the reason why it survived the earthquakes.