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10 most famous falling towers

imageThose who believe that the number of the falling towers includes only the famous Leaning Bell Tower and the rickety water tower on the way to the country house are deeply mistaken. The miscalculations of architects and builders, as well as the natural features of the soil, make many buildings sink to the ground from year to year. We invite you to take a closer look at the ten most famous falling towers.

10. Tiger Hill Pagoda or Huqiu Tower is located in China, in Suzhou city, Jiangsu province. Built in the 10th century, it rises 47 meters above the ground. The weight of the seven-story structure is about 7 thousand tons. For more than a thousand years, the tower has been steadily falling, and today it has a slope of 2.32 meters.

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9. Asinelli and Garisenda Towers in the Italian city of Bologna, they strive for land, ignoring all the efforts of the city authorities. Stronger deviation from the vertical (3.22 meters) in the smaller Garisenda tower.image
8. Burana tower or the Church of St. Martino is located on the Venetian island of Burana. The building of the 15th century has not yet fallen to the ground only because it found support in a building standing next to it. image
7. Tower Bedum is located in the Dutch town of the same name. With a height of 35.7 meters, the tower has already deviated 2.61 meters from the vertical. The slope of the building exceeds that of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.image
6. Frankenhausen church tower in Germany it is located on a hilltop and is constantly affected by strong winds. Perhaps this has an effect on the fall rate of the structure, which approaches the ground by 6 cm per year. According to the engineers' calculations, the turning point for the tower may come within the next ten years. image
5. Suurhusen Church in Germany was built in the late Middle Ages in the region of East Friesland. Until 2010, this particular building was considered the most inclined tower in the world. The slope of the Suurhusen spire is 1.22 degrees ahead of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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4. Tower Nevyansk - this is the most famous of Russian falling towers... Built in the first half of the 18th century by order of Peter the Great, the tower is 57.5 meters high. Today the tower has deviated from vertical by 2.2 meters. According to legend, the tower began to tilt due to the fact that its basements were flooded with workers who were there, engaged in minting counterfeit coins. The tower is included in the list of historical monuments of national importance.image
3. Oude Kerk Protestant Church The (Old Church) from the Netherlands has the nickname “Old John”. The tower of this architectural ensemble in the Gothic style is deflected by 1.98 meters at a height of 75 meters. image
2. Famous london big ben falls too! The clock tower of the British Parliament building, although not strongly, but stubbornly tilts to the northwest by 43.5 cm (0.26 degrees). Since 2003, the tilt rate of Big Ben is 0.9 millimeters per year. It would seem that the process is going rather slowly, but it is constantly influenced by the work of the London Underground. image
1. Leaning tower of pisa brought worldwide fame to the Italian city of Pisa. The fall of the tower began a few years after the start of its construction due to the soft clay soil at the base. When construction was completed in 1350, the slope was already about four and a half feet. The height of the building is 55.86 m on the lowest side and 56.7 m on the highest. Thanks to the conducted in 2002-2010. During the restoration work, the angle of inclination of the tower was reduced from 5 to 3.5 degrees.In 2008, scientists issued a statement that thanks to the work on strengthening the soil and the building itself, the fall of the tower was stopped.image

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