![]() What an atmospheric place! This charming port town is all about intriguing dark alleys (the so-called carrugi) oozing history and traditions, and magnificent palaces that remind of Genoa’s glorious past as a Maritime Republic. Wagner’s words pretty much sum up my super positive impressions after a recent trip to Genoa. “ I have never seen anything like this Genoa! It is something indescribably beautiful, grandiose, characteristic… I really would not know how to start explaining the impression that all this has had and is continuing to have on me…” – Richard Wagner in a letter to Minna Wagner, 1853. ![]() Until recent years tourists were not allowed to climb the staircase inside the tower, due to consolidation work.īut now the leaning Tower of Pisa is open again and it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy → Book a Hotel or check our → Visit Tower of Pisa page.Wondering what to see in Genoa? Check out this detailed itinerary that uncovers all the beauties of the Ligurian capital in four wonderful days! In the 1920s the foundations of the tower were injected with cement grouting that has stabilized the tower to some extent. Many ideas have been suggested to straighten the Tower of Pisa, including taking it apart stone by stone and rebuilding it at a different location. The tower is also slightly curved from the attempts by various architects to keep it from leaning more or falling over. The top of the leaning tower of Pisa is about 17 feet off the vertical. There is a 297 step spiral staircase inside the tower leading to the top. The final story is the bell chamber itself, which has 16 arches. Each of the next six stories contains 30 arches that surround the tower. The bottom story consists of 15 marble arches.
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