2 years, 1 month ago
via travel-questions.com
What are the tourist attractions related to Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy?
I heard that although it was designed to be perfectly vertical, it started to lean during construction. Any other interesting facts related to it ? What are the places in and around Leaning tower to be visited when we plan to go there?
What’s best climatic conditions for the tourists?
I heard that many ideas have been suggested to straighten the Tower of Pisa, including taking it apart stone by stone and rebuilding it at a different location and foundations of the tower were injected with cement grouting that has stabilized the tower to some extent.
Are tourists allowed to go to the top?
What’s best climatic conditions for the tourists?
I heard that many ideas have been suggested to straighten the Tower of Pisa, including taking it apart stone by stone and rebuilding it at a different location and foundations of the tower were injected with cement grouting that has stabilized the tower to some extent.
Are tourists allowed to go to the top?
images:
You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.
M$1 Answer
Yes - tourists are allowed to climb it, there are tours you can sign up for at the base of the tower (warning though, it may take a few hours before your turn comes).
As for interesting facts, you can read about the history of the tower here and here, and about Galileo's famous physics experiment here.
The Piazza del Duomo (the "Plaza of the Cathedral" - a generic term for any plaza with a cathedral, called such because the Torre Pendente di Pisa - "The Hanging Tower of Pisa" - is the belltower for the cathedral, and actually not the historical focus of the plaza) actually contains quite a bit.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/H0012046-P.JPG
Duomo di Pisa ("Cathedral of Pisa"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duomo_di_Pisa#Duomo
Battistero di San Giovanni ("Baptistry of St. John"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptistry_(Pisa)
Il Camposanto Monumentale ("The Monumental Cemetery" or "Monumental Sanctified Grounds"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camposanto_Monumentale
We visited Pisa once while we were living in Italy, and we were unable to climb the tower - I believe at the time they were doing reconstruction on it. It's really not too impressive when you get there. After you do the standard photo...
http://onurwaytravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_2263.jpg
And browse all of the (ridiculously over-priced) memorobilia...
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6292991.jpg
Unless you're a history buff or an art buff, that's really kind of it. The Duomo is fantastic, definitely, and all the buildings are just such classic Italian architecture, but you're done in an hour or two. If you've never been to Italy, please explore the rest of Pisa, and wander around until there's no more tourists - then you'll get an authentic view of the city.
As for interesting facts, you can read about the history of the tower here and here, and about Galileo's famous physics experiment here.
The Piazza del Duomo (the "Plaza of the Cathedral" - a generic term for any plaza with a cathedral, called such because the Torre Pendente di Pisa - "The Hanging Tower of Pisa" - is the belltower for the cathedral, and actually not the historical focus of the plaza) actually contains quite a bit.
Duomo di Pisa ("Cathedral of Pisa"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duomo_di_Pisa#Duomo
Battistero di San Giovanni ("Baptistry of St. John"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptistry_(Pisa)
Il Camposanto Monumentale ("The Monumental Cemetery" or "Monumental Sanctified Grounds"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camposanto_Monumentale
We visited Pisa once while we were living in Italy, and we were unable to climb the tower - I believe at the time they were doing reconstruction on it. It's really not too impressive when you get there. After you do the standard photo...
And browse all of the (ridiculously over-priced) memorobilia...
Unless you're a history buff or an art buff, that's really kind of it. The Duomo is fantastic, definitely, and all the buildings are just such classic Italian architecture, but you're done in an hour or two. If you've never been to Italy, please explore the rest of Pisa, and wander around until there's no more tourists - then you'll get an authentic view of the city.
source(s):
Lived in Italy for three years. :)
Lived in Italy for three years. :)
You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.
M$Report Abuse
