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Pisa

Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, or simply the Tower of Pisa, is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of . It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: cathedral bell tower in Pisa, Italy
  • Also known as: “Leaning Tower”, “Leaning Tower (Pisa)”, “Pisa Tower”, “The Leaning Tower”, “The Leaning Tower of Pisa”, and “Tower of Pisa”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Duomo St Mary and Baptistry of Pisa.

Church
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Pisa Cathedral, officially the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, is a medieval Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the in , Italy, the oldest of the three structures in the plaza followed by the Pisa Baptistry and the Campanile known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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The Pisa Baptistery of St. John is a Catholic ecclesiastical building in , Italy. Construction started in 1152 under the direction of Diotisalvi to replace an older baptistery. is situated 180 metres west of Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pratale and Porta a Mare.

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is a suburb.

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Latitude
43.72301° or 43° 43′ 23″ north
Longitude
10.39645° or 10° 23′ 47″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8FMGP9FW+6H
Geo­Names ID
6269273
Wiki­data ID
Q39054
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Leaning Tower of Pisa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leunende toring van Pisa”
  • Afrikaans: “Skewe Toring van Pisa”
  • Albanian: “Kulla e pjerret e pizes”
  • Albanian: “Kulla e pjerrët e Pizës”
  • Arabic: “برج بيزا المائل”
  • Arabic: “برج بيزا”
  • Armenian: “Պիզայի աշտարակ”
  • Armenian: “Պիզայի թեք աշտարակ”
  • Asturian: “Torre de Pisa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Piza qülləsi”
  • Balinese: “Menara Pisa”
  • Bashkir: “Пиза башняһы”
  • Basque: “Pisako Dorre”
  • Basque: “Pisako dorrea”
  • Basque: “Pisako Dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Пізанская вежа”
  • Bengali: “পিসা টাওয়ার”
  • Bengali: “পিসার হেলানো টাওয়ার”
  • Bhojpuri: “पीसा के ओरमल मीनार”
  • Bosnian: “Kosi toranj u Pisi”
  • Bosnian: “Krivi toranj u Pisi”
  • Bulgarian: “Кулата в Пиза”
  • Bulgarian: “Наклонена кула в Пиза”
  • Bulgarian: “Наклонената кула в Пиза”
  • Burmese: “ပီဆာမျှော်စင်”
  • Catalan: “La Torre de Pisa”
  • Catalan: “Torre de Pisa”
  • Catalan: “Torre inclinada de Pisa”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاوەری لاری پیزا”
  • Chechen: “Пизанан гӀала”
  • Chinese: “Pisa ê Khi-pêng Thah”
  • Chinese: “比萨塔”
  • Chinese: “比萨斜塔”
  • Chinese: “比蕯斜塔”
  • Chinese: “比薩斜塔”
  • Corsican: “Campanili tortu di Pisa”
  • Croatian: “Kosi toranj u Pisi”
  • Croatian: “Kosi toranj u Pizi”
  • Czech: “Šikmá věž v Pise”
  • Czech: “Šikmá věž”
  • Danish: “Det skæve tårn i Pisa”
  • Dhivehi: “ޕީސާގެ ޓަވަރު”
  • Dutch: “Scheve toren van Pisa”
  • Dutch: “Toren van Pisa”
  • Dutch: “Torre di Pisa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج بيزا المايل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج بيزا”
  • Esperanto: “Oblikva turo de Pizo”
  • Esperanto: “Piza turo”
  • Estonian: “Pisa torn”
  • Faroese: “Skeiva tornið í Pisa”
  • Finnish: “Pisan kalteva torni”
  • Finnish: “Pisan torni”
  • Finnish: “Torre di pisa”
  • French: “tour de Pise”
  • French: “Tour de Pise”
  • French: “Tour penchée de Pise”
  • Galician: “Torre de Pisa”
  • Galician: “Torre inclinada de Pisa”
  • Georgian: “პიზის კოშკი”
  • German: “Der schiefe Turm von Pisa”
  • German: “Schiefer Turm von Pisa”
  • German: “Torre pendente di Pisa”
  • German: “Torre Pendente”
  • Greek: “Κεκλιμένος Πύργος της Πίζα”
  • Greek: “Κεκλιμένος Πύργος της Πίζας”
  • Gujarati: “પીઝાનો ઢળતો મિનારો”
  • Hebrew: “המגדל בפיזה”
  • Hebrew: “המגדל הנטוי בפיזה”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל פיזה”
  • Hindi: “पीसा की मीनार”
  • Hindi: “लीनिंग टावर ऑफ़ पीसा”
  • Hungarian: “pisai ferde torony”
  • Hungarian: “Pisai ferde torony”
  • Icelandic: “Skakki turninn í Pisa”
  • Icelandic: “Skakki turninn í Písa”
  • Icelandic: “Skakki turninn”
  • Indonesian: “Menara miring Pisa”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Miring Pisa”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Pisa”
  • Interlingua: “Turre oblique de Pisa”
  • Interlingua: “Turre Oblique”
  • Irish: “Túr Claonta Pisa”
  • Italian: “campanile della cattedrale di Pisa”
  • Italian: “il Campanile”
  • Italian: “la Torre”
  • Italian: “torre campanaria pendente”
  • Italian: “Torre di Pisa”
  • Italian: “Torre pendente di Pisa”
  • Italian: “torre pendente”
  • Japanese: “ピサの斜塔”
  • Javanese: “Menara Pisa”
  • Kabiyè: “Piizi Kuduyuu Sɔsɔʋ”
  • Kabiyè: “Piizi tilimiye sɔsɔyɛ”
  • Kannada: “ಚಾಯ್ದು ನಿಂತಿರುವ ಪಿಸಾ ಗೋಪುರ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Piza minarası”
  • Kazakh: “Пиза мұнарасы”
  • Komering: “Manara Pisa”
  • Korean: “피사의 사탑”
  • Korean: “피사의 탑”
  • Latin: “Turris inclinata”
  • Latin: “Turris incumbens”
  • Latvian: “Pizas tornis”
  • Ligurian: “Tôre de Pisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Pizos bokštas”
  • Macedonian: “Крива кула во Пиза”
  • Malay: “Menara Condong Pisa”
  • Malayalam: “പിസയിലെ ചരിഞ്ഞ ഗോപുരം”
  • Maltese: “Torri Mmejjel ta’ Pisa”
  • Maltese: “Torri ta’ Pisa”
  • Marathi: “पिसाचा कलता मनोरा”
  • Marathi: “पिसाचा मनोरा”
  • Marathi: “पिसाचा मिनारा”
  • Marathi: “पीझाचा कलता मनोरा”
  • Mazanderani: “پیزای ول برج”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pisa Siâ Thah”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pisa Siâ-thah”
  • Mongolian: “Пизагийн хазгай цамхаг”
  • Narom: “Tou d’Pise”
  • Narom: “Tou d’Pîse”
  • Nepali: “पिजाको ढल्किएको स्तम्भ”
  • Nepali: “पिसाको ढल्किएको स्तम्भ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det skjeve tårn i Pisa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det skjeve tårn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjeve tårn i pisa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det skeive tÃ¥rnet i Pisa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det skeive tårnet i Pisa”
  • Norwegian: “Det skjeve tårn i Pisa”
  • Norwegian: “Skjeve tårn i Pisa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Torre de Pisa”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hlīniende Torr Pīsan”
  • Ossetian: “Пизæйы мæсыг”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੀਸਾ ਦੀ ਮੀਨਾਰ”
  • Persian: “برج پیزا”
  • Persian: “برج کج پیزا”
  • Polish: “Krzywa wieża w Pizie”
  • Polish: “Krzywa Wieża w Pizie”
  • Polish: “Krzywa Wieża”
  • Portuguese: “A Torre Inclinada de Pisa”
  • Portuguese: “A Torre Inclinada”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de Pisa”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Inclinada (Pisa)”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Inclinada de Pisa”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Inclinada”
  • Romanian: “Turnul din Pisa”
  • Russian: “Пизанская башня”
  • Russian: “Пизанская падающая башня”
  • Samogitian: “Pizas buokšts”
  • Scots: “Leanin Touer o Pisa”
  • Serbian: “Krivi toranj”
  • Serbian: “Криви звоник у Пизи”
  • Serbian: “Криви торањ у Пизи”
  • Serbian: “Торањ у Пизи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kosi toranj u Pisi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krivi toranj u Pisi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krivi toranj u Pizi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Toranj u Pisi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Toranj u Pizi”
  • Silesian: “Ekńynto Wjeża we Piśe”
  • Sindhi: “پيزا ٽاور”
  • Slovak: “Šikmá veža v Pise”
  • Slovenian: “pisanski stolp”
  • Slovenian: “poševni stolp v Pisi”
  • Slovenian: “Poševni stolp v Pisi”
  • Slovenian: “stolp v Pisi”
  • Slovenian: “Torre di Pisa”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Pisa”
  • Spanish: “Torre inclinada de Pisa”
  • Spanish: “Torre Inclinada de Pisa”
  • Sundanese: “Munara Pisa”
  • Swedish: “Lutande tornet i Pisa”
  • Swedish: “Lutande tornet”
  • Swiss German: “Schiefer Turm von Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Ang Tore ng Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “La Torre di Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Leaning Tower of Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Nakahilig na Tore ng Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “The Tower of Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Tore ng Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Torre di Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Torre ng Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Torre pendente di Pisa”
  • Tagalog: “Tower of Pisa”
  • Tamil: “பீசாவின் சாயும் கோபுரம்”
  • Tamil: “பீசாவின் சாய்ந்த கோபுரம்”
  • Tatar: “Пиза манарасы”
  • Telugu: “పీసా టవర్”
  • Thai: “หอเอน”
  • Thai: “หอเอนปิซา”
  • Thai: “หอเอนปิซ่า”
  • Thai: “หอเอนปีซา”
  • Thai: “หอเอนปีซ่า”
  • Thai: “หอเอนเมืองปิซา”
  • Thai: “หอเอนเมืองปิซ่า”
  • Thai: “หอเอนเมืองปีซ่า”
  • Tibetan: “པེའུ་ས་མཚོད་རྟེན་གསེག་མ།”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Schiefer Turm von Pisa”
  • Turkish: “Pisa Kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Pizza kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пізанська башта”
  • Ukrainian: “Пізанська вежа”
  • Urdu: “پیسا ٹاور”
  • Urdu: “پیسا کا ٹیڑھا مینار”
  • Urdu: “پیسا کا مینار”
  • Urdu: “پیسا مینار”
  • Uzbek: “Piza minorasi”
  • Venetian: “Tore de Pixa”
  • Venetian: “Tore de Piza”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp nghiêng Pisa”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp nghiêng Piza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nakiling nga Tore han Pisa”
  • Welsh: “Tŵr Gogwyddol Pisa”
  • Western Frisian: “Toer fan Pisa”
  • Western Panjabi: “پیسا ٹاور”
  • Wu Chinese: “比萨斜塔”
  • Yue Chinese: “比薩斜塔”
  • Zeeuws: “Toôren van Pisa”
  • “Pizas buokšts”
  • “पीसा के ओरमल मीनार”

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