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By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide to Architecture since 1999

Pisa Gets Another Leaning Tower

Thursday April 14, 2005
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, which began tilting while still under construction in the Middle Ages, will soon have a twin. Architect Dante Oscar Benini has designed a steel and glass tower that will appear to tilt just like the original Tower of Pisa. But for the modern tower, the tilt will only be an illusion. It just goes to show that design flaws can seem beautiful... if you wait a few centuries. You can read about Pisa's second leaning tower in the Fairfax, Australia Age.

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March 10, 2007 at 5:18 pm
(1) kime says:

the leaning tower of pisa is based on three layers.In level A is where the sinking began.

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