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The bell tower of the Cathedral of our lady of the assumption, known worldwide as the leaning tower of Pisa is the Piazza dei Miracoli are 20 meters East of the Cathedral between apsidal part of it and the South transept. The famous “falling” tower — is the belfry of Cathedral in Pisa, the part of rare on its beauty architectural ensemble, which consists, besides the belfry and the Cathedral, even from the chapel for baptism and a cemetery. If the leaning tower is not careened and stood vertically like all the other towers in the world, her fame was limited to probably only a small circle of architects and historians. Because of its design flaw it is known in the world.


Construction of the complex began in 1063, when on the outskirts of town, on a green meadow, was founded the ensemble of the Cathedral, including the white marble five-naval Cathedral, bell tower and the baptistery-the baptistery. The building of the bell tower was built over the 12th to the 14th centuries, and the present appearance was the result of multiple restorations carried out centuries later.


Since the Pisan calendar, as it turned out, one year ahead of the conventional, the real date of the start of construction should be considered 1173. However, the Foundation of the leaning tower of Pisa laid unevenly. The construction was halted and resumed only after 100 years. Only then it became clear that the leaning tower of Pisa is leaning to the South. From the time we started measuring tower in 1911, it was recorded that the top is inclined to 1,2 millimeters per year. Today, the top of the leaning tower of Pisa rejected 5.3 the ILO centre.


        

Although the leaning tower of Pisa is tilted, the bell tower, built in the second half of the XIV century at the top of the tower, is exactly.


In 1564 in Pisa-born Galileo Galilei, future famous scientist. Judging by his own stories, he used the leaning tower of Pisa for his experiments. From its upper floor it threw various items to prove that the falling speed does not depend on the weight of the falling body.


In the Cathedral of Pisa are several graves of various historical figures, among them — the tomb of the German Emperor Henry VII.



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