Pisa is a city in Tuscany which is in central Italy and the birthplace of the important early physicist, Galileo Galilei.

Located in western Tuscany, in the north-west of Pisa, there is an immense green lawn (Piazza dei Miracoli) on which four impressive buildings stand. The Piazza is recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world, dominated by four great religious edifices: the enormous Duomo (the Cathedral), the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, the circular Baptistry and the beautiful Camposanto Monumentale (the monumental cemetery).

In an effort to correct the tilt of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, the engineers in 1272 built upper floors with one side taller than the other but this made the Leaning Tower of Pisa begin to lean in the other direction. Although the seventh floor was completed in 1319, the bell-chamber was not finally added until 1372 and the Gothic elements of the bell-chamber were harmonized with the Romanesque style of the tower. The tower has 296 steps or 294 steps on the seventh floor which has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase.

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September 19th, 2017

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