what does the tower of pisa have to do with the middle ages??? plz help!!!?

Question

i have a report to do and can't find this anywhere, plz help me!!!!

Answer 1

The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built in the 12th century. This is during the high middle ages (not the early middle ages, as someone else said). It was built in the Romanesque style as a bell tower to accompany the Cathedral complex of Pisa (which also includes a separate bapistry building, which is an engineering marvel in its own right. It is one of the few buildings in the world that has *perfect* accoustics).

The tower itself began to lean after the third floor was constructed, due to a poorly laid foundation. Construction was halted for almost a century, but the tower was completed in the 13th century, with the upper floors at a slight angle to compensate for the tilt. Remarkably, it has never toppled in the ensuing centuries.

Galileo is *said* to have dropped cannonballs from the top of the tower to test theories about gravity. However, some consider the entire story legendary, which others think he probably dropped something other than cannonballs. However, that is mostly irrelevant to your report, since Galileo was a Renaissance figure, and, therefore, not part of the middle ages.

Answer 2

It was rumoured that Aristotle said if two objects (one heavier than the other) falls from the same height at the same time, the heavier object will reach the ground faster than the lighter object. Galileo from the middle ages proved that wrong by dropping two balls from the leaning tower of Pisa, and they arrived on the ground at the same time. But this is a big rumour whether or not it happened is questionable. However this is what they teach children in school nowadays anyway.

Answer 3

This is a half-day unguided excursion. It includes the entrance fee to the cathedral in Pisa. The journey takes the A11 motorway west, a few miles out of Florence after traversing some dull suburbs, and passes through fairly attractive Tuscan landscape for about an hour. The foothills of the Appenines and then the Apuan Alps lie always immediately to the north until you turn away from the mountains towards the mouth of the Arno on which Pisa stands. The built landscape is at first predominantly industrial and suburban, then fields given over to agriculture, then some olive groves around Lucca. You pass four towns of importance but unfortunately can get no real impression of them from the motorway.

Prato - (9 miles) an industrial town, 165,000 inhabitants. A textile city, has been since the Middle Ages, one of the most important in Europe. It does have a lovely historic centre (though the distant impression from the road is of ugly suburbs). Its jewel is the relic of the Sacred Girdle, la Cintola, which the Virgin Mary gave to St. Thomas after the Assumption.

Pistoia - (21 miles) another industrial town, 90,000 inhabitants. Originally Roman, it reached its height of wealth and power in the C12. It was an ironworking centre then as it is now. It gave its name to the pistol.

Montecatini Terme - (30 miles) Italy's most famous spa town, 25,000 inhabitants. A wonderful place, stylish, chic, with a turn-of-the-century elegance. Has over 200 hotels and 8 curative establishments dedicated to liver, gastric, bowel and diabetic ailments. You drink the warm mineral water, take mud baths, hot baths and various wondrous elixirs and inhalations. It also has a golf course, a horse-racing track, natural parks with beautiful walks, elegant gardens with bandstands and a delightful historic upper town reached by funicular railway. A little paradise. Verdi used to come here all the time, as did Gary Cooper in his prime. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco honeymooned here.

Lucca - (45 miles) great historic Tuscan city, 86,000 inhabitants. Perfectly preserved C16 walls, among the best in Italy, medieval historic centre. This was the birthplace of Puccini (Madame Butterfly etc.) Lucca's most famous relic is the crucifix of the Holy Visage or Volto Santo which, according to legend, was carved from memory by Nicodemus shortly after the Crucifixion and finished by an angel. (Sadly this figure actually turns out to be C11 in origin, but that is the kind of rationalist objection that should be swiftly ignored.)

Answer 4

The Middle Aged Wonders were made in the Middle Ages. Many people have heard of them, and some are no longer standing. I think that they are all extremely interesting.
The Middle Aged Wonders include Stonehenge, the Porcelain Tower of Nanking, the Great Wall of China, the Catacombs of Alexandria, the Colosseum of Rome, the Hagia Sophia, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I like these wonders because they are magnificent. In the following information you shall read about each wonder of the Middle Ages.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5405/Middle_Ages.html

Answer 5

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower, located next to a cathedral. It was built in the very early middle ages, and beacuse it was not built properly (the foundation) it immediately began to tilt.

Answer 6

Bamma say he expert at middle age crisis. Bamma say tower start to lean. Bamma say people worry. Bamma say how they fix that. Bamma say tie rope to tree. Bamma say good as new. Bamma say oops tree tip over. Bamma say hmmm it gonna fall. Bamma say they just dig big trench round building. Bamma say fill with tons of cement. Bamma film crew of discovery channel. Bamma say it last nother 100 year. Bamma say so.

Answer 7

look for when and why the tower was built.