After more than two decades of efforts to correct one of the medieval best-known ingeniørtabber, has succeeded to fix up the famous bell tower something. It is not yet in lottery tickets, but has moved another four inches towards the vertical.
The structural condition is better than feared, says the international committee which has been working with the case.
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– the Alignment of the imbalance is good news, but it is the structural condition of the tower, which is the most important thing, ” says Nunziante Squeglia, one of the committee’s consultants, to the news agency ANSA.
the Tower was closed in the 90’s for repairs and adjustment of the imbalance. When it was reopened in 2001, it geared up with more than 40 centimeters. It was then added into the hundreds of tons of lead as a counterweight in the base, and it was also removed lots of the ground under the building.
Tower stands on the Mirakelplassen behind the cathedral in Pisa, and the construction started in 1173. Because of a shallow foundation and failing because it started to pour heavily after a short time, which, in turn, made it world famous.
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