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(#1) Millennium Tower
- San Francisco, California, USA
Of all the famous buildings that are leaning, the Millennium Tower takes the cake as the youngest. Completed in 2009, the Millennium Tower in San Francisco has already tilted two inches to the northwest AND sunk sixteen inches. After a lot of finger-pointing, experts determined that this is due to the building's support beams being drilled only 80 feet down into dense sand as opposed to 200 feet down into sturdy bedrock – a measure taken to cut construction costs. Oops.
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(#8) Tower Of The Milices - Rome, Italy
- Rome, Italy
Constructed in the early 13th century, the Tower of the Milices, or Torre delle Milizie, is nestled between the Church of S. Caterina and Trajan's Market in Rome. Its name is derived from the Italian word for "militia," because it was once a fortress. The old tower has been through a lot over the last few centuries, but an earthquake in 1348 is known to be the culprit not only for knocking out its third floor, but also for its substantial lean.
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(#7) Leaning Tower of Nevyansk
- Russia
Funded by the Demidov family in the 18th century, much remains unknown about this Russian tower, including the exact date it was built and what purpose it was meant to serve. Theories include a watchtower, a prison, a space for chemical experiments and creating counterfeit money, and a belltower. The reason for the tower's lean is also unknown, though restorers have cited construction defects as the likely cause.
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(#10) Church Of St. Mary And All Saints - Chesterfield, UK
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
A number of funny legends have arisen to explain how the spire of St. Mary and All Saints Church gained its unique twist and lean. One story claims that a virgin was getting married in the church and that the spire twisted around in shock to steal a glance. More likely, the strange asymmetry is due to the fact that during its construction in the mid-15th century, inexperienced workers used uncured wood to build the spire. Once the heavy lead shingles were placed on top, the wood couldn't handle the weight and warped and buckled in response.
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(#3) Suurhusen Church Tower - Suurhusen, Germany
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Germany's Suurhusen Church Tower has the biggest unintentional lean of any building in the world. Built on swampy land, the church's foundation of oak logs kept it stable and upright for centuries. However, extensive land draining in the 18th century caused the foundation to become unsettled and the tower began to lean.
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(#4) Two Towers of Bologna
- Bologna, Italy
The "Due Torri" were both built early in the 12th century as status symbols by the Asinelli and Garisenda families. Originally similar in height, the now-smaller Garisenda tower had to be shortened in the 14th century due to an unstable foundation and a dangerous lean. The towers have sparked numerous legends about romance and squabbles and were even mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Speaking of leaning buildings in the world, many people would think of the Pisa Tower, but in fact, there are more steep leaning buildings all over the world. When people have not boarded a building, especially a high-rise building, they can clearly see the whole body tilted obviously at the bottom of the building. These sloping buildings have been leaning year after year since they were completed. Although they can survive for centuries, they will eventually collapse if there are no careful stabilization measures.
This random tool counts 13 famous buildings that are tilting in the world, you may never realized they are actually leaning over the years, such as Big Ben, Millennium Tower, etc. These buildings were built in different eras and some of which are tilted artificially.
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