The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Thousands of people visit Pisa’s famous tower each year and wonder just how much longer it can exist without falling.

Millions of dollars have been spent to stop the tower crashing to the ground. Soft, shifting soil has always been the tower’s problem. Recently, it was discovered that the tower had moved two millimeters. This was a great setback because engineers had previously corrected about twenty millimeters of the lean by using an inventive underground cables idea to straighten the tower. Pisa would hate to lose its precious Campo Dei Miracoli and the tourist dollars it generates.

Answer the following questions.

1.      How much has been spent to save the tower?

2.      What recently caused concern?

3.      What causes the tower to move?

4.      How are they trying to correct the fault?

5.      What is the real name of the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

6.      Why would Pisa hate to lose the tower?

7.      Would you be sad if the tower fell? Why?

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