Leaning Tower of Pisa by Zander

When people go to Italy, they always go to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. They always see the tower. That creates a problem. If all the tourists are there,then it is hard to enjoy the sight when the place is packed with tourist that are trying to do the same thing that we were. It is also a perfect place for theft. There are tons of tourist that will pay people for helping them park their car, or anything else, even if they don't want what the locals are trying to sell them. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is really famous, but is it famous for the right reason?

El Duomo with the leaning tower in the background.  See how it is leaning at the base more then at the top.

Mia posing at the base of the tower

If The Leaning Tower of Pisa had been built correctly, then it wouldn't have been famous. It would have been like every other bell tower in Italy. The architect who was in charge of building it noticed the lean once he built the first few story's of the tower. But he was convinced to keep building to save money. So to fix the problem he propped up the next story's. So as he was building up, the tower was leaning at a increasing angle with every story. Eventually they had to stop building because the tower was not righting itself. After he died, other architects tried to fix it. They failed and they stopped building it at its 10th story. Another reason why it is famous is because Galileo dropped different sized canon balls off the tower and discovered that gravity is the same on every thing. The leaning tower of Pisa is famous for what people did on it, but the actual tower isn't that



The Baptistry that is in the same complex and the tower.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is famous because of a architect that didn't fix his tower the right way and tried to save money. I think that if he did the right thing then he wouldn't be famous. The tower would look like all the other towers in Italy. When I went to the tower, I was expecting a bit more. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is pretty cool, but if I had to choose between it and the Colosseum, then it would definitely be the Colosseum.