Leaning Tower of Pisa


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Noun1.Leaning Tower of Pisa - a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicularLeaning Tower of Pisa - a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174
Pisa - a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower
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I learned the first two tenses of the verb ETRE, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the-bye, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa), on the same day.
"How wonderfully people rise in these days!" sighed Miss Bartlett, fingering a model of the leaning Tower of Pisa.
Clods of earth removed from below the Leaning Tower of Pisa during conservation work are suspended to fill a whole room in Subconscious of a Moment.
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When you're up close and personal, the view is as fascinating as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Sites including the Great Wall of China, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Nelson's Column are taking part in Tourism Ireland's Global Greening campaign.
He conducted this experiment by dropping objects off the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He went on to develop a telescope that enabled him to observe lunar craters, satellites of Jupiter and he also went on to discover that Milky way was made up of stars.
This upcoming tourist spot has models of the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Christ the Redeemer statue, Great Pyramid of GizaEeand Rome's Colosseum.
| 1990: The leaning tower of Pisa was closed to the public for the first time in 807 years so work could begin to stop it leaning any further.
1990: The leaning tower of Pisa was closed to the public for the first time in 807 years as work began to stop it leaning any further.
ROME: The Leaning Tower of Pisa is now stable and has even straightened slightly thanks to engineering work to save the world-renowned tourist attraction, experts have revealed.
Stabilisation work means the Leaning Tower of Pisa is leaning slightly less than it used to, experts have said.