Bologna seals off ‘leaning tower’ over fears it is tilting too far
Bologna seals off ‘leaning tower’ over fears it is tilting too far
Italian city’s mayor says square around 12th-century structure will shut for ‘a few years’ for repairs
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So all the people holding it back on Instagram didn't help after all
that's another leaning tower.
the fact that a country brags more than one leaning tower is a bit concerning.
the fact that a country brags more than one leaning tower is a bit concerning.
On the contrary. It speaks for the quality of its buildings in general. Engineering isn't easy, especially if you're doing it with medieval math. Hence things will go wrong. But the leaning buildings in Italy tell me that Italian builders accounted for that and build their structures to last even when things go wrong. Hence it does indeed make me feel safer in any old building that isn't leaning.
Survivor bias, we don't know about all the towers that did in fact lean to far and fell over the centuries.
Seriously. The US has a leaning tower in San Francisco but you don't hear them bragging about it.