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?

Photo by izarbeltza, via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Tags: Europe, Italy


3 Comments for Leaning Tower of Pisa Declared Stable

Frank 05.29.08 | 6:08 PM ET

Thank God. Now we can get on with those gravity experiments.

Ling 05.30.08 | 4:13 AM ET

So maybe people will stop visiting it and then the same team will spend another 10 years and millions more to get the darn thing to start moving again.

Rich Bitch 09.17.08 | 7:46 PM ET

Is there anyone else on the planet who gets a headache whenever they look at a photo of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Any clues what that might be about?

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