is it really for that the leaning tower of pisa will collapse?
By panpanzhu
@panpanzhu (90)
China
4 responses
@ngaspero (851)
• Italy
9 Sep 08
No, don't worry...Pisa is in an area where they're not earthquake, and they're no cables that support it, they did something with eavy (that you don't see) some years ago and it looks to work well..so the tower will remain there still for a lot of time..
Nun
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
9 Sep 08
It was actually built on foundations that sank into the soft ground and started to lean very early in its life; I believe it may have even started leaning before it was even finished! They did try to stand it upright at one time but it then immediately leaned back to the side again so they continued to build the floors level to the ground instead. From my understanding it is currently supported further by cables to stop it leaning any further but if there was an earthquake, serious flooding or something like that I would say the the Leaning Tower of Pisa wouldn't stand much of a chance!
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@iakulchen (615)
• Singapore
9 Sep 08
Yes, it's leaning more and more with each year, eventually it'll fall if nothing is built to support it.
@iakulchen (615)
• Singapore
10 Sep 08
Well, they said it was stable enough to last for 300 years when they did recontruction work in 2001. Then in 2008 march, they said it was stable enough to last for another 200 years. 200 years may seem quite long to you, but for buildings it isn't really that long.
@sweetdude (223)
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9 Sep 08
anything is possible if a huge earthquake hits Italy then bye bye leaning tower, but when it was constructed it was well built not to fall!! happy mylotting friends!!
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