Who hasn't heard of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Architects began building this most famous of medieval campaniles in 1173, but work stopped abruptly five years later when they first noticed a ...

In the marshy lands of East Frisia, Germany, stands a medieval church tower that makes Italy's famous Leaning Tower of Pisa ...

It's enough to give a monument an identity crisis. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is known worldwide for its precarious tilt - but now experts have revealed it's going straight. The tower's ...

Have you ever wondered if the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a catastrophe waiting to happen? In this one-minute video, Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze explains how architects and engineers spent the ...

Built on the shifting sands of a former estuary, the Leaning Tower of Pisa probably began tilting not long after medieval laborers laid its first foundation stones. In the 800 years since ...

Here stands the famous Leaning Tower, the Cathedral of S ... Today it houses the prestigious Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, inside the Palazzo della Carovana, a jewel seen from the outside.

Italy's celebrated leaning Tower of Pisa has reopened to tourists again, three months after closing due to coronavirus. First to climb the more than 280 steps were 10-year-old Matilde and her ...

Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun. Each day, hordes of visitors come to the small northwestern Tuscan town of Pisa to take pictures "propping up" its tower. Some do it ...