Leaning Tower of Pisa

Leaning Tower of Pisa
   
Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Earth to know. Without him, as long as you study for school, you'll have to see it in books, not geography or history, but added appear first in physics, because Galileo's free fall law is in this tower has been proven. Rookie, recalls that in the classroom, listening to the teacher talks, the rookie himself in the following YY, paranoia the day, also with two iron balls of different sizes, to then brandish him a return to the tower. Later Daoshi dream come true, and rookie honor twice came to that tower, the course, the iron ball is dared to zone, but always seen it in wonderful posture.
   
Leaning Tower of Pisa in the Italian city of north central and western city of Pisa, in the lower reaches of the north shore of the Arno alluvial plain on the west, away from the Ligurian Sea less than 10 kilometers east from the central Italian city of Florence, about 80 km, the journey also about 1 hour. Leaning Tower of Pisa reputation as far cloth, so that both go to Italy, in particular, to the Florence tourists have mostly been paid a visit to the Leaning Tower of Pisa impulses. Therefore, the pizza in this remote town curved feet, year-round is also Yourenruzhi.
   
In fact, the Leaning Tower of Pisa should be considered "a lucky hit with" and unoriginal's. Pisa City with other cities in Western Europe, as in 1063 began building his own cathedral, while the Leaning Tower of Pisa as a cathedral bell tower, only a part of the whole building complex. You go to Pisa, through the ancient gate into the horse side of the road to the Piazza dei Miracoli inside, magnificent church buildings will break into your eyes, round baptism came in the front hall, the middle is the grand and traditional cross-shaped cathedral main body, and final line is that a relatively narrow number of clock tower. But even those are supposed to be an unassuming little cylindrical building, but the most eyeballs to get people, because of course, because of its "oblique", a tower built from 1173 to open, it built and in 1185 began three-southeast tilt of the , this "ramp" on the ramp of the 800 years, even by its "ramp" of a world-famous.
   
But also because of its "oblique", this last a total of seven floors of the bell tower 54 meters high, until eventually completed in 1372, exactly 200 years of the time, in the middle also for correcting stopped twice came close to being completed arch is not said that after the completion of seven clock display in place, but because of the clock tower will always face the risk of collapse, but no one dared to hit ring before, the clock tower end of the day is just a decoration.
   
Leaning Tower of Pisa in the end how a "ramp" method? Under rookie checked data: Leaning Tower of Pisa from the foundation to the top of the tower high 58.36 meters, from the ground to the top of the tower 54 meters high, the clock tower on the ground, the width of the wall is 4.09 meters, 2.48 meters wide at the top of the tower, with a total weight of about 14453 t, 22.6 meters above the center of gravity in the foundation office. At present tower tilted 5.5 degrees to the south-easterly direction, center of gravity deviate from the foundation of 2.3 m, 4.5 m top highlight. It seems really "ramp" that they do.
   
Leaning Tower of Pisa also "inclined" in its "ramp rather than down", that is, in October 1972, Italy, a major earthquake occurred, the Leaning Tower has been a powerful impact on a substantial shake the whole tower up to 22 minutes, a long time, the situation is extremely dangerous, but the tower still stands firmly in the end.
   
Historically, the Italian government has repeatedly been the Leaning Tower of maintenance, correction. According to legend, Mussolini had also issued an order righting Leaning Tower of Pisa, this command is not stupid we will not comment on silly, but the fact is that all the efforts successful little more than losers. Mussolini's order to promote the "Rotary Tower" project, engineers in the foundation drilling several hundred holes in, filling more than 80 tons of water, mud, but not but could not solve the problem, but will further tilt the tower. Daoshi since 1997, the Italian government allocated 12 billion liras, and through the world seeking to save the program, but then after about a decade of efforts to Leaning Tower of Pisa centralizer 45 cm, and announced that "300 years, Leaning Tower of Pisa is not will collapse. " Then 300 years later, how should I do? Teach us to eat too, "Jingjiang soup packets" of Mr Luk said: "Never have I wore!" (See that this is the last one picture, He He)
   
Leaning Tower of Pisa tour can be visited by, but that a separate ticket, and a time release 20, limited to half an hour, so when the number of visitors were waiting in line. Rookie were both due to the time problem is not denta, so the fare is unknown. Church and the Baptistery is to put a separate ticket in order to enter visit. It is worth mentioning that there is a sculptor Nicholas Pi Shanuo baptism halls sculpture created by "born" when its subject is the Nativity scene, the picture of the Virgin Mary side In the meantime, the following is a flock of sheep as a signal to the birth of Jesus to redeem the people, because people in the eyes of God are a group of stray sheep.