Taking 200 years to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the world's most iconic structures. Built in wet soil, engineers have been fighting gravity for nearly a thousand years. And seemingly by sheer willpower, the structure still stands today.

Sources

https://www.towerofpisa.org/; https://www.britannica.com/topic/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/interventions.html

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