World Leading Hotels - Pisa: Lean on Me

The tower's tip continues as does efforts to stop it from becoming dangerous to visitors, already developing during construction. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of those oddities that would have probably never become famous without its tilt. Why is it that an architect's blunder is one of the most loved travel destinations in the world?

" Knowing the world remembers you for this crooked tower too unstable to ring its own bells; imagine the perplexing mixture of pride and embarrassment for its creator, contain a smirk when you ponder Pisa's only claim to fame is an engineering failure. The book "Europe for the Senses - A Photographic Journal" enjoys the irony in the silent bell tower's construction as well: "Pisa is a collection of clay-colored roofs being curtly interrupted by a pallid square of marble structures.

One voice and three echoes filling the reverberating dome with a chilling harmony, sung in a chord; and now a third note, second, close your eyes and listen to the first. Listen again to the same single note followed by a new pitch. Listen to a single note sung and how long the sound takes to dissipate in the great span above. The entrance worker performs a three-pitched concert. The Baptistery can hold its own once its talent is recognized and appreciated, although the Leaning Tower steals away most of Pisa's tourist attention. The Baptistery silently awaits visitors leaving its slanted neighbor, finally. Its inhabitants sleep forever underfoot as their markers adorn the walls and floors of the echoing corridors. One after another consuming each hallway, the Cemetery is an anthology of arched windows. Quickly humbles the outsider with its dizzying height and dazzling artistry, containing the whispers of the respectful, the Cathedral. And the Baptistery, the Cemetery, the tower's fame overshadows the other residents that share the space in the same piazza: the Cathedral.

Leaving time to peruse the neighboring museums or simply enjoy the view from a quiet bench nearby, the monuments don't take very long to visit. Especially during the winter months when the tourist traffic is at its lowest, despite the tacky row of bustling junk shacks along its outskirts the piazza is a peaceful place to explore.

http://www.EuropeForTheSenses.com Available at Amazon.com and other major bookseller sites. See pictures of Pisa and more of Europe's hidden treasures in "Europe for the Senses - A Photographic Journal" by Vicki Landes.