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The smaller tower with a greater lean is called the Garisenda. Their names derive from the families which are traditionally credited with having constructed the towers between 1109 and 1119. [2] Their construction may have been a competition between the two families to show which was the more powerful family.
The taller tower is called the Asinelli while the smaller but more leaning tower is called the Garisenda. The Asinelli Tower was built between 1109 and 1119 by the Asinelli family. At 97m tall, there are 498 steps inside. The Garisenda Tower is shorter at 47m and is known for its steep overhang due to subsidence of the foundations. In October ...
1444 – Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale. [9] 1471 – Printing press in operation. [15] [16] 1477 – Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published. [17] 1506 – Bologna annexed to the Papal States from the Bentivoglio family. [18] [7] 1511 – French in power. [3] 1530 – Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. 1563 ...
The city on Friday announced 4.3 million euros ($4.7 million) in works to shore up the Garisenda tower, one of the so-called Two Towers that look out over central Bologna, providing inspiration ...
The 48-meter (158 feet) tower was built in the 12th century when Bologna was a mini Manhattan, with dozens of towers reaching towards the sky, each built by local families trying to construct ...
One of Bologna’s famous “twin towers” which dominate the city center, the 48-meter (158 feet) Garisenda was built in the 12th century when Bologna was a mini Manhattan, with dozens of towers ...
After mounting concern that Bologna’s Torre Garisenda might be about to collapse, a plan has been hatched to save it using equipment that saved the Tower of Pisa. Italy races to stop leaning ...
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, an iconic leaning tower. This is a list of leaning towers. A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally (due to errors in design, construction, or subsequent external influence such as unstable ground), does not stand perpendicular to the ground.