Leaning Tower Of Pisa is getting things straight
The bell tower is tilting less than it was before remedial construction work was undertaken.
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Italy’s Leaning Tower Of Pisa is straightening itself out.
After more than two decades of efforts, engineers say the famed Tuscan bell tower has recovered four centimetres more and is in better structural health than predicted.
The 12th-century tower reopened to the public in 2001 after being closed for more than a decade to let workers reduce its slant.
By using hundreds of tons of lead counterweights at the base and extracting soil from under the foundations, engineers initially shaved 17 inches off the lean.
