Leaning Tower - Other leaning towers

Marble belltower in Pisa, W Italy, 54 m/177 ft high, begun in 1173, completed in 1372. The ground beneath the tower began to sink after three storeys had been built, and the tower was 5·2 m/17 ft out of line in 1997. Closed to visitors in 1990, a programme of strengthening work stopped the process of tilting by 2000, and it was reopened in December 2001.

Other leaning towers

Asia

The Huqiu Tower in Suzhou (Jiangsu), China The Huzhu Tower of Tianma Mountain near Shanghai, China Qianwei's Leaning Tower in Suizhong County (Liaoning), China The deliberately tilted Iron Tower of Yuquan Temple (Hubei), China A clock and water tower in the Teluk Intan town in Perak, Malaysia

Europe

The Asinelli and Garisenda towers in Bologna, Italy The tower of the Oude Kerk in Delft, the Netherlands The Oldehove in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands The southeast tower of Caerphilly Castle in Wales The Albert Memorial Clock in Belfast, Northern Ireland The Metzgerturm in Ulm, Germany The Reichenturm in Bautzen, Germany A short church tower in Suurhusen, Germany (the "most leaning tower in the world" according to Guinness World Records) The Krzywa Wieża (Leaning Tower) in Toruń, Poland The Baszta Sowia (Owl's Tower) in Pyrzyce, Poland The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, Russia The Söyembikä Tower in Kazan, Russia The Campanile of San Martino church on the island of Burano, Venice, Italy The tower of Temple Church in Bristol, England

North America

The Leaning Tower of Niles, a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, in Niles, Illinois, USA