Leaning Tower of Pisa

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Leaning Tower of Pisa was once listed in Seven Wonders of the World but do you know that it has been removed from the list in 07-07-2007?

The New7Wonders organization has announced the New 7 Wonders of the World at the Declaration Ceremony on 07.07.07, as shown in the picture below. All The Official New 7 Wonders are equal and are presented as a group without any ranking.

Where is Pyramid? Well, it was removed from the voting after the complaints from Egyptian commentators and the claim from Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni that the New 7 Wonders of the World project was ‘absurd’. Hence, the New7Wonders Foundation designated the Pyramids of Giza — the only remaining of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World — as an Honorary New7Wonders Candidate. Too great to be competed with the rest.

But then again, I seriously think that Pyramids were built by aliens, or more precisely, it’s aliens’ architecture. So Egyptians don’t really have to be so resistant to the election of New 7 Wonder of the World.

I think it’s getting miles away from the subject. This article is definitely not about the 7 Wonders of the World. It’s all about my trip to Pisa.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, is located in Pisa, Italy.

If you have forgotten the reason of the leaning, I suggest you to upgrade yourself by reading through this post :p

The construction began in 1173 and the leaning began to become noticeable by the third story. The works ceased because it had started sinking into the ground. The tower leans because of the construction on soft soil, financial problems, and a lack of experience in the architects.

The standard pose for most of the tourists. Why am I so ordinary?

The government actually closed the tower to the public in 1990 because of safety concerns. After eleven years of restoration to prevent the tower from falling, it was reopened to the public in 2001.

The Baptistry on my left, with Romanesque ground floor, rounded arches and horizontal layers of marble.

The Cathedral, designed in Latin-Cruciform, basically has a Romanesque architectural style, was embellished through the years with numerous works of art.

Not sure if you notice, because of the underlying soft soil, both baptistry and centredral actually lean out of the perpendicular, though not as dramatic as leaning tower.

Sitting at the Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles) surrounded by green lawn. There were actually many people sitting on the lawn reading, chit chatting and enjoying the sunshine. It was a very beautiful, relaxing afternoon.

I was actually confused when snapping the pictures of these 3 remarkable buildings. All the buildings seem to slope to either right or left.

The packed streets and marketplaces in Pisa can provide entertainment for hours, with many souvenir and handicrafts available for purchase. Too bad I didn’t take many pictures of the marketplaces. Back then I didn’t own a blog and thus, the pictures taken were very limited.

Except for this stall that sells coconut which piqued my curiousity to snap a photo of it. I still have no idea what are those coconuts used for.

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12 Comments

fufu says:

May 23, 2009 at 9:51 am

yeah i spent couples of hours there… it's nice sitting on the grass… enjoying the pisa… even alone… so peaceful looking the blue sky… and watching the people posing with different funny style against the tower… the marketplaces… wow…nice!! but still have too many to write…and need to travel again sooner…i think i cant share all my travelogues with you guys >.<

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London Caller says:

June 6, 2009 at 3:43 pm

Ha ha… My Italian friend brought me to Pisa and told me not to pose like a tourist in front of the tower.

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Shelyn says:

June 7, 2009 at 12:39 am

Hi London Caller,

Haha… It’s true… I felt so like a tourist when I made that pose but it was fun to see myself looked like an idiot :D

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London Caller says:

June 7, 2009 at 6:08 am

I was trying to figure it out why he asked me not to do so…
He told me not to ‘malu’ him… Ha ha!! Fair enough!

He and my other Italian friend, whom I met at university in Scotland, brought me to see a lot of places in Italy. We covered almost all the major cities in the North and the Middle of Italy. His father let him their family car so we could travel to so many places. He he… Very lucky!

Last year, I went to Italy again. But I only did Rome. It was really beautiful too!

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