Rather than abandon the project, builders accommodated the tilt by adding extra height to the upper stories on one side of the Tower. A series of wars interrupted the construction for many years, and during the long pause, the soil continued to settle. The foundation of the tower was only three meters thick and the soil underneath was unstable. Going by the names of Torre Pendente di Pisa and Torre di Pisa, the Tower of Pisa was designed as a bell tower (campanile) but its main purpose was to visually attract people to the cathedral in the Piazza dei Miracoli (Miracle Square) in the town of Pisa, Italy. The Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy is one of the world's most famous leaning buildings. These three buildings seem about to collapse. Most tall buildings stand up straight, but sometimes things go wrong. Photo by Martin Ruegne/Radius Images Collection/Getty Images Leaning Tower of Pisa and Duomo de Pisa, Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.
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