| Description |
xxiii, 161 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
A chronicle of the famous structure notes its long construction postponement after the erection of the first four stories in 1173; its survival of earthquakes, war, and tourism; and the contributions of Galileo and other figures. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A Pisan Time Line -- Commissione #17 -- Afloat on a Blood-Red Sea -- Booty Transformed -- Terreni Limosi -- Unfinished Business -- The Stuff of Myth -- Of Poets and Men of Progress -- The Tiltin' Hilton -- Step This Way, Signore e Signori |
| Subject |
Leaning Tower (Pisa, Italy)
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Pisa (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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Pisa (Italy) -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Shrady, Nicholas. Tilt. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2003 (OCoLC)606994648 |
| ISBN |
0743229266 |
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9780743229265 |
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