The Leaning Tower of Pisa isn't leaning so much anymore.
After more than two decades of efforts to straighten it, engineers say the famed Tuscan bell tower has recently recovered four centimetres more and is in better structural health than predicted.
Italy's ANSA news agency quoted a consultant to the international committee monitoring the tilt, Nunziante Squeglia, as saying that while the progressive recovery of tilt is good news, the overall structural health of the tower is more important.
The 12th-century tower reopened to the public in 2001 after being closed for more than a decade to let workers reduce its slant. During the closure engineers shaved over 40 centimetres off the lean.
Leaning Tower of Pisa now leans a little less | Stuff.co.nz
Leaning Tower of Pisa 'now leaning less' - BBC News
After more than two decades of efforts to straighten it, engineers say the famed Tuscan bell tower has recently recovered four centimetres more and is in better structural health than predicted.
Italy's ANSA news agency quoted a consultant to the international committee monitoring the tilt, Nunziante Squeglia, as saying that while the progressive recovery of tilt is good news, the overall structural health of the tower is more important.
The 12th-century tower reopened to the public in 2001 after being closed for more than a decade to let workers reduce its slant. During the closure engineers shaved over 40 centimetres off the lean.
Leaning Tower of Pisa now leans a little less | Stuff.co.nz
Leaning Tower of Pisa 'now leaning less' - BBC News
