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  1. About. It is called the Leaning Tower or the Tower of Pisa but actually it was never used for defending the city; it is part of the religious complex in the Duomo Square and acts as its bell tower. It played an active role in both human and divine timekeeping with its seven bells – one for each musical note – the largest of which, cast in ...

  2. Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four masterpieces of medieval architecture – the cathedral, the baptistry, the campanile (the 'Leaning Tower') and the cemetery – had a great influence on monumental art in Italy from the 11th to the 14th century.

  3. The Cathedral, the Tower, the Baptistery and the Camposanto represent together the allegory of human life. The Sinopie Museum hosts the big preparatory drawings recovered beneath the frescoes decorating the Camposanto and the Opera del Duomo Museum shows the development of Pisa art and the great Middle Ages sculpture with a new and evocative museum path.

  4. 3. Economics, War, and Politics all affected the Tower. While the city of Pisa was becoming a regional powerhouse in the 12th Century, its political importance grew. New wealth was invested in construction, and the city needed places to display stolen treasures from Sicily after the sacking of Palermo in 1063.

  5. Aug 30, 2005 · 2. Next to the tower is Pisa cathedral. Although most people go straight to the Leaning Tower, the largest feature in the Piazza is actually the Duomo Pisa (the Pisa cathedral). 3. The tower is 57 meters tall. Although this seems tall, if you compare it to the Eiffel Tower (which stands at 300 meters) it is perhaps not as high as you might think.

  6. Tower of Pisa | The Pisa Cathedral's freestanding bell tower Known world over for its trademark tilt, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower, or campanile of the Pisa Cathedral . It is one of the four buildings that make up the Cathedral Complex called Piazza dei Miracoli, which means Square of Miracles .

  7. Tháp nghiêng Pisa. Tháp nghiêng Pisa ( tiếng Ý: Torre pendente di Pisa) là một tòa tháp chuông tại thành phố Pisa ( Ý) được khởi xây năm 1173. Toà tháp cao 55,86 m tính từ mặt đất lên đến nóc bên thấp và 56,70 m đến nóc bên cao. Từ dưới lên có 294 bậc thang. Tường tháp dày 4,09 m ...