History of the Tower of Pisa Italy

In Italy a lot of old buildings are amazing one of them is the pisa tower. The tower is so famous for building tilts up to 5 meters. Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa or abbreviated Torre di Pisa) is the campanile or bell tower of a cathedral in the city of Pisa, Italy.

History of the Tower of Pisa (Leaning Tower of Pisa) Italy

Pisa history began about 180 years before Christ on the banks of the Arno River, about ten miles inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Known as Pisae, the city was part of the colony of the Roman Empire. In the year 1075, as well as elder statesmen of Pisa develop legal code known as "conseutudini in mare". These rules create a legal environment that allows the chamber of commerce from Pisa to grow and prosper. And in the 12th century city of Pisa became one of the richest cities in Europe which has enjoyed a series of military victories and had a magnitude of historical monuments to achievement. Pisa tower history written since 1172, when a wealthy widow named Berta Bernardo left a will in the form of 60 gold coins to be used as capital to buy the stone for the construction of a bell tower for the cathedral in the city center.

Construction began in August next year that it took over approximately 200 years to complete and eventually became one of the tower's architecture Paing admired around the world for the elegance of the trend slope is remarkable. It's a spectacular achievement for a cathedral bell tower. Although until now the original architect is still confusing and shrouded in mystery, but many people believe that the designer of the tower of Pisa attributed to Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano, a local artist who popularized the bronze mold in the Pisa Duomo.

At first tower of Pisa stands vertically like other towers in general, but the strangeness began to be detected 12 years later (1185). The first signs of the decline of the soil, which leads to the tendency for the tower and caused the slope to the north.

Construction re-started back in 1275 by Giovanni di Simone and finished the second half of the 14th century. With a circular design, it shows a small loggia with arches theme on the wall columns. On the inside of the Tower of Pisa are 294 steps, while at the top end with the cell tower diameter cylinder is lower than the center of the tower. And at the entrance of this section there is a statue of Madonna with child, which allegedly came from Andrea Guardi and now preserved in the Museum Opera Dome.

High tower of Pisa is 55.86 m from ground level and weight is estimated at 14,500 tons. Pisa tower so far lasted for eight centuries and procedures done to preserve the tower besieged by future generations. Because the tower is shifted further 1.2 millimeters each year. Moreover, when the cathedral collapsed in Pavia in 1989, killing four people, the Italian government finally did not allow the tourists to climb the tower of Pisa until now.

Since then the association committee of engineers and art historians began to try to prevent the collapse of the tower. Several proposals have been made such strange attach helium balloons to the north side. Although most of the committee's plan has not been completed, but they are sure that the appeal of Pisa will remain there for decades to come.