Leaning Tower of Pisa Tour Experience

Posted in category: Best Tourism at: April 28, 2010 by Info Tourism

Among the many words mistaken about an object, the tower of Pisa is one of satuya this. The name is not actually a tower of Pisa, but in Terre Pendente Italian language. Because of its presence in the town of Pisa, in Tuscany, which is the middle region of Italy, the title of the tower called the tower of Pisa.

The author began the journey from the port of Livorno, a distance of 15 miles or about 24 kilometers from the Tower of Pisa. To get to this famous buildings of the town square of Livorno Piazza Grande rather than have to ride the bus with a price of € 1 ticket to the train station in the city center or Livorno Livorno Centrale.

Then we can start the next journey by train to Pisa. Schedule train almost every twenty minutes or so. thatmileage is not too much of this only takes 15-20 minutes travel time. To reduce the queues and save time at the back, should we buy a return ticket is worth € 3.6. about $ 43.000. We will be given a ticket that is valid for seven hours, while city bus tickets can be purchased from kiosks magazine is only valid within a period of 75 minutes.

Arriving at Pisa Centrale station, we can choose transportation, does not want to walk or taxi ride to the tower, a distance of less than one kilometer. We chose to walk. Drizzling rain and strong winds that enought made that morning the air temperature dropped dramatically.

This morning the air temperature reaches the lowest 6.5 ° C and the highest is also only 11 degrees. Routes to reach Campo dei Miracoli complex or Miracle Square is not really difficult, just because we walked among the buildings high enough, we can not see the tower from afar. But only with the straight path of a train station you will not get lost.

After crossing the bridge on the River Arno you were already a few hundred yards from the tower. The tower is only 56 meters high yet we can see there’s no place because field of building an average of two or three storied.

Once entering the last road leading into the square you will be astonished at the extensive gardens and wide streets for pedestrians only. You are already in a registered historic place and get protection from the UNESCO (United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization).

The rain that came down today gave a different view from the tower and the whole complex is. We can get another photo from the others because we can get the shadow of the tower in the rain puddles.
History

Tower of Pisa was built in exactly 800 years ago in 1173, as a work of art that live in three phases with the first development is the first floor in the form of poles. The tower is a bell tower that stands alone among the three buildings in this complex.

The tower began to sink after the third floor of the building is completed because the foundation is made of unstable soil. Construction was halted for almost a hundred years later because of the circumstances of war.

Its construction was continued on the back a hundred years later in 1272 by Giovanni at Simone, an architect from Camposanto. To compensate for the slope of the building is made higher on the one hand, this makes the tower is tilted towards the other. Thus the building itself becomes curved. Then as the war continues longer experience delays in construction again.

Seventh floor was completed in 1319, and the space has not added until the bell in 1372, where there are seven bells that have tunes from the major scale.

The slope and tourism

The slope of this building is the main attraction as a tourist attraction. Slope is recorded to 5,5 meters of 9.3 degrees, or if it should be perpendicular. That may not be planned as such by its founder. This occurs because of an unstable building foundation.

This slope is also a concern of goverment and party authorities. So held, an attempt to restore to an upright position. This effort began in raises three hundred years ago. In 1964 the government asked for help to the building is not collapsing but still mempertahankkan kemiringanya to attract tourists.

In the year 1990 until the year 2001 is considered the slope has become dangerous and will collapse if it is not immediately performed a rescue. Since it began to be repaired by deploying experts contractors, building engineers and mathematicians and historians for this project. The project was successful and in 2001 the tower was declared safe and reopened for tourist visits. Even we can ride until  top of the tower.
Specification

55.86-meter high tower of the lowest and 56.70 meters from the highest part of the building. Wide at the base of the wall and the width of 4:09 m 2:48 m at the top of the building. Number of steps upwards 294-296. The slope is 5.5 degrees before stabilized, after a process of stabilization of the slope becomes 3.99 degrees. Or tilted 3, 9 meters at the top of the tower.

Number of floors 8, the number of bell-seven pieces with each weighing 562 kg bell seventh, sixth bell 1.000 kg, 1.014 kg of bell-fifth, 300 kg of the four bells third loceng 1.448, 2.462 kg and 3.620 kg of the second bell the first bell. All these bells are made in different years there is even a distance of up to 400 years.

This complex is given a fence to maintain its sustainability, while outside the complex we can get a variety of souvenirs from t-shirts to miniature towers of various materials.

If you want to go up to the tower or just visiting the church and the building where the baptism in the wearing of the cost of the ticket. Surrounding this complex there are some other interesting place where you can visit such as museums, piazza del Cavalieri or just relax sitting around the green yard of this magic square. If you have to race with time not want to walk to the train station we could get a taxi, the meter taxis cost around € 90-10.

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