Everything looks tilted in Pisa, the road, the cars the tower.
Before visiting the tower we walked around the grounds to see the duomo and the baptistry.
The duomo was very fancy but the columns looked a bit strange with all the different marble used with no pattern.
The bapitistry was undergoing some room renovations as well.
Here’s the tower, no idea why everyone seems to think it leans.
It looks just fine from this angle.
Looking up the inside looks just fine too. Except for that wire that goes from the centre to the wall as it hangs “straight” down.
The stairs are pretty wide in comparison to many staircases we have walked up and down.
They are disorientating as you lean left, forward, right and back as you climb.
The marble has been walked on lots and shows the wear over the centuries.
It had some bells at the top.
The view was really nice.
Normally the pictures you see of this lawn are covered with people “holding” up the tower. In the winter they close the lawn to let it recover.
This was a neat looking church off in the distance. We walked close to it and it was less neat looking than we thought.
Here’s Kerri leaning on the tower. The top level is actually less slanted. They kinked the tower twice while building it to try to correct the lean.
The building in front of it is the duomo. It also leans, but not as much.
The inside of of the duomo was very impressive.
The chandelier is a recreation of the one Galileo watched swinging during mass and discovered that pendulums keep the same period no matter how far they swing.
Back and forth, back and forth. Even Galileo zoned out during church.
