The Leaning Tower Of Pisa

Description of Leaning Tower of Pisa
Words to use: -facade: fachada -the view: la vista -ground floor: planta baja One the most recognized buildings in the world is TheLeaning Tower of Pisa or in Italian “Torre Penente di Pisa”. It's located in Italy's Tuscany region and accompanies the Duomo of Pisa, the city's cathedral in Pisa's CathedralSquare. The most interesting feature for the common people is its inclination of 3.97 degrees from vertical line. This building represent a pure jewel of the Pisan Romanicarchitecture that has been conserved across the years and through the maintenance we expect to follow watching for another few hundred years. The Tower is a cylindrical structuresurrounded at its ground level by an order of tall blind arcades resting on half-columns. Above ground level are six floors of aerial open galleries. At its highest parts liesthe cylindrical belfry of smaller diameter encircled by small arcades resting upon consoles. Its height is about 55 meters and inside it there are seven bells and 296 steps tothe top. The building material was gray marble, limestone and stones. The Romanesque Style gives a colonnaded facade with Corinthian capitals topping the columns. Was built tostand vertically but began leaning soon after construction started in Audust 1173. It tilts because its foundation was built on unstable soil. The ground beneath the towerfirst started to sink after the first three stories were built. The tower's tilt became more extreme over time, until it became a safery hazard and was closed in 1990. In 2008,was stabilized and declare safe. Actually, the tourist may go inside under strict regulations. Its principal function is to be Bell Tower, also denominated Campanile.