My kids were so excited of their first glimpse of the tower. It included the Pisa Cathedral (il Duomo), the Baptistery, monumental Cemetery and of course, the famous leaning bell tower. The cathedral complex housed various stunning buildings that sat on a very well-maintained, green lawn. Piazza del Miracolo or Miracle Square greeted us as we entered past the souvenir stands and a walled entrance. It’s also walkable from the train station (about 1.5 km and 30 minutes) but we decided to save some time, energy and our feet. More about the logistics at the end of the post. We hopped on the bus again to get to the city’s most popular area which took 10-15 minutes. We left our luggage for storage at the train station since we were catching the train to Florence afterwards. We took the red line bus from the airport, the LAM Rosso, to the Pisa Centrale Station. Come along with us on our brief stop here to see if it lived up to the hype. We finally had the opportunity to take them to Italy after a couple of days in Madrid last November and Pisa was our first stop.įor centuries, there has been a fascination with one of the world’s most recognizable towers that seemed to defy gravity. Although, when they were much younger, it was the “ Leaning Tower of Pizza“. In 1991, Pisa became the sister city of Niles.There was no other attraction my kids have wanted to see in Italy more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Note: The Leaning Tower of Pisa has a "body double" located in Niles, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
"If you take the lean from the Leaning Tower, how many people will still come here to see it?" "The lean, of course, is essential," he said. Tourists do their bit to keep the tower from falling over.Īnd if the job's $25 million price tag seems a little steep for a seemingly minor repair, well, perhaps CBS newsman Winston Burdett put it best in his 1972 report: In the end, engineers employed a complex array of drills, weights and cables to reduce the tower's 15-foot tilt by about 17 inches, or one-half of one degree, keeping the all-important tilt intact. "I really wouldn't know where to begin," was another man's opinion. One man offered, "Lift it up from underneath?"
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