The Leaning Tower of Pisa is actually sinking into the ground. The entire structure is built on unstable clay and it began sinking before it was even done being built. By the time the architects had built the third floor in 1178 it began leaning.
Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini ordered the Leaning Tower of Pisa to be straightened. He had concrete poured into the tower's foundations, but it only made it sink more.
Out of fear that it would topple over, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed in 1990. It reopened in 2001 with cement injected into the ground to keep it from sinking any further.
Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini ordered the Leaning Tower of Pisa to be straightened. He had concrete poured into the tower's foundations, but it only made it sink more.
Out of fear that it would topple over, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed in 1990. It reopened in 2001 with cement injected into the ground to keep it from sinking any further.
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