- SATURNIA
 - PITIGLIANO
 - FLORENCE
 - PISA
 - LUCCA
 - ROME
 - ROME SIDETRIPS
 - CASTELNUOVO GARFAGNANA
 - BOLGHERI
 - MASSA MARITTIMA
 - SUVERETO
 - Castiglioncello, Spiagge Bianche, Viareggio, Massa Carrara, 5 terre

LEANING TOWER OF PISA

The site of this grand leaning tower is mesmerizing.
Photos simply don't capture how far the tower actually does lean. The structure was built as the bell tower for the neighboring Duomo and the architecture was carefully planned before the building was constructed.
Unfortunately, the architects did not take into account that the foundation consisted of predominantly sandy ground, thus causing the tower to begin to lean. The tower was closed to the public in January 1990, for fear that it would collapse. In the attempt to correct the lean, a commission was formed and began the the painstakingly careful procedure to remove soil from beneath the north side of the tower to help ease it slightly back toward the vertical.
As of June 1999, the Leaning Tower of Pisa leaned an inch less than it had at the beginning of the year.

Today, visitors can see the large cables wrapped around the structure in an attempt to secure it from falling to the ground.