{"id":4036,"date":"2018-03-15T17:53:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T16:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istita-dev.studioaec.net\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2019-02-21T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:15:32","slug":"the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pisa’s tower: an international monument with an eternal charm"},"content":{"rendered":"

While there may be a controversy surrounding the identity of the architect of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, there is none as far as the structure goes. It is among the seven wonders of the medieval world. The structure is a free standing bell tower, also known as a campanile, built in early twelfth century. The tower formed a part of the Square of Miracles complex to signify Pisa\u2019s economic power and wealth. Catholic churches host a tower bell as ceremonial bells and the Leaning Tower of Pisa was the tower that hosted 7 bells for the Duomo di Pisa.
\nDuring construction, the bell tower developed a tilt to one side due to weak support of the foundation on that side from the soft ground. As the construction progressed, the tilt increased till it reached about 4 degrees during the 20th century when efforts ensured the tilt was arrested at that angle.
\nThe Leaning Tower of Pisa is an imposing structure commanding impressive features such as
\n\u2022 Height of 56 meters
\n\u2022 Outer diameter of 16 meters
\n\u2022 7 floors
\n\u2022 7 bells tuned to musical scale
\n\u2022 296 steps to the top
\n\u2022 Weighs 14,500 tons
\n\u2022 Took two hundred years to complete<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Some interesting anecdotes of the tower include
\n\u2022 According to one source, the tower was the site of an important experiment \u2013 dropping of two cannonballs of differing mass to prove the descent is independent of the mass
\n\u2022 The leaning tower explains another Physics principle \u2013 the tower will not fall as its center of gravity is kept within its base
\n\u2022 The beauty of the tower saved it from destruction when, in WWII, a military officer saved it from coming under artillery attack
\nThough the tilt of the tower is accidental, it proved fortuitous as it earned the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag in 1987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While there may be a controversy surrounding the identity of the architect of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, there is none as far as the structure goes. It is among the seven wonders of the medieval world. The structure is a free standing bell tower, also known as a campanile, built in early twelfth century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":4037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe eternal charm and beauty of the leaning tower of Pisa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The tower of Pisa located in Piazza dei Miracoli is one of the symbols of Tuscany. With a height of 56 m is one of the best examples of architecture ever made despite there are doubts about its creator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The eternal charm and beauty of the leaning tower of Pisa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The tower of Pisa located in Piazza dei Miracoli is one of the symbols of Tuscany. With a height of 56 m is one of the best examples of architecture ever made despite there are doubts about its creator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Istituto Italiano\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/istituto.italiano.florence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-15T16:53:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-21T17:15:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"riccardo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@IstitutoIta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@IstitutoIta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"riccardo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"riccardo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8a89969896243fa9bb01930ab8016520\"},\"headline\":\"The Pisa’s tower: an international monument with an eternal charm\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-15T16:53:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-21T17:15:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tourism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/\",\"name\":\"The eternal charm and beauty of the leaning tower of Pisa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-15T16:53:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-21T17:15:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"The tower of Pisa located in Piazza dei Miracoli is one of the symbols of Tuscany. With a height of 56 m is one of the best examples of architecture ever made despite there are doubts about its creator\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Pisa’s tower: an international monument with an eternal charm\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Istituto Italiano\",\"description\":\"Scuola di lingua italiana a firenze\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Istituto Italiano\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/istituto-italiano-logo-nero-colore.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/istituto-italiano-logo-nero-colore.png\",\"width\":299,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Istituto Italiano\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/istituto.italiano.florence\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/IstitutoIta\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/istituto_italiano\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8a89969896243fa9bb01930ab8016520\",\"name\":\"riccardo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c643b1c913c1b64c3422ec463ea74caa0bd445c500ebf92110dde0d03ea826d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c643b1c913c1b64c3422ec463ea74caa0bd445c500ebf92110dde0d03ea826d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"riccardo\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The eternal charm and beauty of the leaning tower of Pisa","description":"The tower of Pisa located in Piazza dei Miracoli is one of the symbols of Tuscany. With a height of 56 m is one of the best examples of architecture ever made despite there are doubts about its creator","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The eternal charm and beauty of the leaning tower of Pisa","og_description":"The tower of Pisa located in Piazza dei Miracoli is one of the symbols of Tuscany. With a height of 56 m is one of the best examples of architecture ever made despite there are doubts about its creator","og_url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/","og_site_name":"Istituto Italiano","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/istituto.italiano.florence","article_published_time":"2018-03-15T16:53:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-02-21T17:15:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"riccardo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@IstitutoIta","twitter_site":"@IstitutoIta","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"riccardo","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/"},"author":{"name":"riccardo","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8a89969896243fa9bb01930ab8016520"},"headline":"The Pisa’s tower: an international monument with an eternal charm","datePublished":"2018-03-15T16:53:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-21T17:15:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/"},"wordCount":302,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg","articleSection":["Tourism"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/","url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/","name":"The eternal charm and beauty of the leaning tower of Pisa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-15T16:53:32+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-21T17:15:32+00:00","description":"The tower of Pisa located in Piazza dei Miracoli is one of the symbols of Tuscany. With a height of 56 m is one of the best examples of architecture ever made despite there are doubts about its creator","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/torre_di_pisa_cattedrale.jpg","width":750,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/the-pisas-tower-an-international-monument-with-an-eternal-charm\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Pisa’s tower: an international monument with an eternal charm"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/","name":"Istituto Italiano","description":"Scuola di lingua italiana a firenze","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#organization","name":"Istituto Italiano","url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/istituto-italiano-logo-nero-colore.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/istituto-italiano-logo-nero-colore.png","width":299,"height":200,"caption":"Istituto Italiano"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/istituto.italiano.florence","https:\/\/x.com\/IstitutoIta","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/istituto_italiano\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8a89969896243fa9bb01930ab8016520","name":"riccardo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c643b1c913c1b64c3422ec463ea74caa0bd445c500ebf92110dde0d03ea826d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c643b1c913c1b64c3422ec463ea74caa0bd445c500ebf92110dde0d03ea826d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"riccardo"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4088,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions\/4088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitaliano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}