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Torre Asinelli and Torre Garisenda

Bologna, Italy

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7 Famous Tilting Towers (Besides the Leaning Tower of Pisa)

Bologna's Torre degli Asinelli is the tallest leaning medieval tower in the world, measuring an impressive 319 feet.

Completed in 1119, Torre degli Asinelli stands next to the shorter Torre Garisenda. Its sister tower leans at 4 degrees — a greater angle than that of the Leaning Tower of Pisa — and slightly more than the 1.3-degree tilt of Asinelli. After Torre Garisenda was impacted by subsidence, the tower was modified in the 14th century amid fears it might collapse. Since 2023, the square surrounding Bologna's due torri (two towers) has been cordoned off so that structural repairs can take place. When it reopens, visitors will once again be able to climb the 498 steps to Torre degli Asinelli's viewing platform for a remarkable bird's-eye view of the city.

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