His secretary claimed that he dropped two cannonballs from the top of the tower to test mass vs. One myth that I find particularly interesting is the one surrounding Galileo,Pisa’s most famous celebrity. For many years, the design was attributed to Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano, but in recent studies it has thought that perhaps architect Diotisalvi may have been the man. It towers almost eight stories so you can imagine the kind of feat this was during that time in history. One of the many mysterious surrounding the tower includes the dubious identity of the original architect – could this have been due to embarrassment over the tilt? After all it was meant to be a vertical tower. The tilt that it’s so famous for actually was noticed during construction and likely due to a poor foundation and shifty soil (literally). It ended up being a saving grace since the delayed construction let the earth settle.
It is very easy to get to Pisa since they have the terravision bus and trains that leave every half hour to the airport.īack to the tower, construction began in 1174 by Bonanno Pisano but wasn’t actually completed until 1350 due to wars with Lucca, Genoa and my city – Florence. On a lighter note many people travel here from Florence to the Pisa airport which is bigger than the one in Florence and hosts many of the low-cost carriers, Easyjet, Ryanair, AirBerlin, etc. Italians call it, and as the birthplace of one of the most famous men in the math,physics, astronomy world Galileo Galilei. Which makes sense as to why Pisa has such a fantastic math & science university. The city itself is probably best know for its leaning tower or La Torre di Pisa as the Since I will have the pleasure to do so next week, I thought it would be fun to write about common misconceptions and touch on some fun facts about Pisa to again look at after I visit. Pisa oh Pisa, a city so close to the one that I live in – Florence yet one that I have never taken the time to explore or learn much about.
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