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Leaving to one side the celebrated inclination - that daring challenge to the...
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Here, however, the Tower assumes an unusual value through its...
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This is reflected in the sculptural decoration of the ground floor of...
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The building as it stands today is the result of a series of building...
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The six arcades, the base on which they are placed and the belfry above them...
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At the sides of the portal there are friezes with decorations showing animals...
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Like the other buildings in the Piazza, the bell tower is the fruit of a long...
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These difficulties, principally related to the lack of documentary...
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Commencement of works on 9 August of the year 1173. 1182 Establishment of the...
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1260 Giovanni di Simone, whose presence was documented at the Opera del Duomo...
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inscription to be found on the wall to the right of the entrance door records...
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Much recent historiography has more plausibly identified Diotisalvi - the...
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The hypothesis which leaves the least scope for doubt, however, identifies...
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The problem of the inclination of the Tower is the aspect which, over the...
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In the course of the XX century the increasingly accurate measurements of the...
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This was caused by the particular morphological characteristics of the ground...
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A few years later, in 1838, events caused a brusque acceleration of the...
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After the works of 1838 the acceleration of the inclination continued...
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The Tower is 58.36 metres high from the foundation and 55 from the...
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"Pisa Cathedral with Baptistery, Campanile and Campo Santo, together form...
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Western Europe
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