In 1174, engineer Bonnano Pisano laid a marble foundation large enough to park about 16 Ferrari 328s in and started building the campanile for the cathedral and baptistry of Pisa. This marked the end of Pisa as a useful port and the end of its wealth and power.
The islands controlled by Pisa were lost and the influence began to decline.īy the 15th century the Arno River had become so filled with silt that it completely cut off Pisa from the sea. The decline of Pisa began in 1284 when Genoa defeated the Pisans in battle. The Pisans enjoyed a time of great prosperity The island of Corsica came under Pisan control in 1077, and in 1113 so did the Balearic Islands near Spain. In 1991, Pisa became the sister city of Niles.As their riches and influence increased, the city of Pisa, Italy, became more and more powerful. 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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