From the Pisa Centrale train station, you can either walk to the leaning tower or take the LAM Rossa (red) bus directly across the street from the station and get off at the Torre (tower ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. In August 1173, the construction for the bell tower of the ...

that run from Pisa Centrale to the Leaning Tower, stopping at Piazza dei Miracoli. The bus ride takes about 10 minutes. If you prefer more flexibility, renting a car is a great option for ...

Central Italy is particularly to the line ... Yet one historic building has withstood the shaking for centuries: the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Scientists have now figured out the key to its longevity.

By Gaia Pianigiani The Garisenda Tower ... Pisa, but it leans a little more. Lately, though, the dynamic of its movement has become worrisome, and city officials decided recently that the central ...

By 1990, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was tilting so far it faced potential collapse. This episode tells the remarkable story of ...

Thinking of Pisa Italy instantly conjures the image of its leaning tower – the famous, centuries-old architectural marvel that has mesmerized onlookers and remains a tourist attraction today.

Results from the Leaning Tower of Pisa’s annual checkup are in, as of November 30. After a stabilization project, begun in 1990, reduced the quirky monument’s dangerous lean by a full 15 ...

The city Friday announced $4.7 million in works to shore up the Garisenda tower, one of the so-called Two Towers that look out over central ... the climb up Pisa’s Leaning Tower.

(AP Photo) Construction workers remove steel cables known as “suspenders” from the base Leaning Tower of Pisa, central Italy, Tuesday, May 15, 2001, which had been placed in 1998 to support ...