Pisa's Tower Straightened for Real

Extensive engineering works on the legendary tower have reducing its tilt from an angle of 5.5 degrees to 3.99 degrees. While the result is that the tower will survive to delight future generations of tourists, the renovation in 2011 ended its status as the farthest leaning tower.

Currently the northern German town of Suurhusen holds the Guinness World Record. The church tower slants at an angle of 5.19 degrees, now well ahead of its cousin in Pisa. The Suurhusen church tower is in competition with several other towers in Germany and one in St. Moritz, Switzerland, for the Guinness World Records title.

While European cities battle for the record, a modern masterpiece of architecture, Capital Gate, in Abu Dhabi is the world's furthest man-made leaning tower purposely built to lean 18 degrees westwards - more than four times that of the world famous tower of Pisa in its "tiltiest" days.

Source: ItalyMag.co.uk

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