Leaning Tower of Pisa Declared Stable

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  05.29.08 | 4:39 PM ET

imageEngineers say it has stopped moving for the first time since it was built in the 12th century. A team had been working for 10 years to stabilize the famous Italian structure, which should now be good to go for another 200 (BBC) or 300 years (Reuters). Glad it’s stable, but knowing it’s no longer moving kind of takes the romance out of it, ya?

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