China Funny Pictures: Chinese version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa Old Building + Failed Explosion=Chinese version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa (Liuzhou, Guangxi) Old Building + Failed Explosion=Chinese version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa (Liuzhou, Guangxi) Old Building + Failed Explosion=Chi...
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was not leaning when it was built in 1173 and it was straight like a pole. It started to shift direction soon after construction because of poor foundation in addition to the loose layer of subsoil(底土). At the beginning, it leaned to the southeast before the...
Nevertheless, as soon as the tower was finished, Pisa city authorities had a new challenge — how to stabilize it. Ugly-looking supporting structures were out of the question, as well as some other not so aesthetic solutions, including really funny one: a giant ferroconcrete statue of ...