The Leaning Tower Of Pisa

The leaning tower of Pisa is the famous bell tower in Italy that began to lean in the year of 1173.It was built to display the wealth of the people of Pisa. The people of Pisa were sailors who conquered land such as Jerusalem , Carthago, Ibiza, Mallorca, Africa, Belgium, Brittaina, Norway, Spain and Morroco.Their only real enemy were from the city of Florence. They needed the tower to show how people of Florence how well they were doing. Architects realised that the tower was leaning when they had finished building one and one half meters of the third floor. The damage was irreversible so they halted construction until 1272 because war broke out against Florence. All of the money was used on the warfare and there was not much money left for the tower. The lean was caused by the sandy and marshy soil that the tower was built on. During construction from 1272 till 1275, the tower continued to lean. In 1275 war with Florence broke out again. after this they began to construct the belfry, credit for which is often given to his son Tomasso, son Andrea Pisano.The construction was believed to be finished in the year 1350. In 1392 causing great humiliation,Pisa was sold to Florence and the resident was forced into slavery.They never managed to gain back the wealth that they had in the early years.