Have you ever wondered about the Pisa Tower?

So after the excitement of being the finalist for the Authors Academy Awards, and after having received the Honorable Mention Award at the Readers' Favorite, I come back to talk to you about a story of a strange tower, The tower of Pisa.
Now Pisa is a city located in Tuscany, and although most of the people recall it for the famous leaning tower, it has a long history as one of the notorious four maritime republics and the importance of Pisa, played an essential role in the fight against the expansion of the Saracen empire.
The origin of the name "Pisa" is still a mystery, but already during the Roman Empire, it was a significant center due to the strategic position by the sea.
It was one of the most florid city for the commercial exchange but when the numerically superior fleet was defeated by the Genoese one. This defeat ended the maritime power of Pisa and the town never fully recovered.
To the eye of the beholder, Pisa is an amazingly beautiful city to be discovered with calm together with the monuments, little streets, architecture and (of course food).

 I suggest all the traveler leave the leaning tower as the last attraction and indulge as first in the observation of the hidden part of the city as well as on the main streets where to get a glimpse of the real Pisa, and not of the touristic part of it. I believe that most of the cities in the world have been spoiled by the massive tourism. Not by the tourists themselves, but by the huge chance every merchant wants to get from their wallets. Being a wandering person myself, I try to reach those places where I can be in touch with the real identity of the country I am visiting, avoiding the tourist hassle.

Then, once you have visited the city in its complexity, you are ready for the main attraction, the diva of the city, 'The Leaning Tower'.
Of course in the beginning this was never supposed to lean on one side, it was planned to be a regular tower perfectly perpendicular to the ground, but something went wrong already after the construction.
Controversial is also the name of the architect who planned the tower (I guess he didn't want to get famous for that at those times LOL). The construction of the tower occurred n three stages and lasted for 199 years. However, already after the completion of the second floor, as I mentioned above, the tower started to sink. The works stopped to find a solution to that problem, which it seemed was found after a century (in 1272) trying to compensate the tilt that already occurred, building the walls of different height (that's why it is a bit curved in shape).
And this is the final result:

For having structural problems since the beginning, we can say that it was anyway a success as it is still there after over 700 years.
Indeed there had been reinforcements, and also there was who proposed to straighten it up, but personally, I prefer to see it leaning, just like peeking from the walls of the Cathedral, like a naughty kid playing hide-and-seek.
That's all for today's issue, I hope you enjoyed this other tour and hope you will continue to follow me in my wanderings, considerations and much more.
Have a great weekend!!