Tilt:A Skewed History Of The Tower Of Pisa
Publisher: S AND S
Published: 2003
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Pisa (Italy); Leaning Tower (Pisa, Italy); Buildings, structures, etc; International Architecture - European; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; History: World; Architecture
First sentence: On March 17, 1989, the eleventh-century Civic Tower in Pavia, Italy, suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed, burying four passers-by beneath a jumble of Romanesque and Renaissance rubble.
Description: A chronicle of the famous structure notes its long construction postponement after the erection of the first four stories in 1173; its survival of earthquakes, war, and tourism; and the contributions of Galileo and other figures.