The Leaning Tower of Pisa is still straightening things out (a bit)

2023-01-05T12:16:00-05:00

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 inches, the tower has straightened itself out by an additional 1.6 inches since 2001. Some Italian officials are taking that optimism further, claiming the Tower could stand all the way straight on its own some day.

This is the second update to the engineering project since 2018. The tower is expected to last at least another 300 years. In a statement to the press, the Italian heritage group Opera Primaziale Pisana said the nearly 850-year-old monument's overall health was "excellent."

Repeated attempts of tourists to correct the lean themselves still appear not to be having any effects.

Leaning Tower of Pisa now actually a bit straighter

2018-11-26T13:39:00-05:00

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is known worldwide for its precarious tilt - but now experts have revealed it's going straight. The tower's Surveillance Group, which monitors restoration work, said the landmark is "stable and very slowly reducing its lean." The 57m (186ft) medieval monument has been straightened by 4cm (1.5in) over the past two decades, the team said. "It's as if it's had two centuries taken off its age," Professor Salvatore Settis explained.

Meanwhile in San Francisco, owners of the leaning Millennium Tower are far less eager to turn their tilting property into a tourist magnet.

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa is still straightening things out (a bit)

Leaning Tower of Pisa now actually a bit straighter