Tower of Pisa

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• TOWER OF PISA — …   Useful english dictionary

• Leaning Tower of Pisa — Infobox religious building building name =Leaning Tower of Pisa infobox width = image size = caption = map type = map size = map caption = location = geo = coord|43|43|23|N|10|23|47|E|type:landmark region:IT PI|display=inline,title religious… …   Wikipedia

• Leaning Tower of Pisa — n. bell tower in Pisa, Italy, which leans approx. 10° from the vertical * * * White marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, famous for the uneven settling of its foundation, which caused it to lean 5. 5 degrees (about 15 ft [4.5 m]) from the… …   Universalium

• Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment — Vivani s early biography of Galileo informs us of the story that Galileo dropped two objects of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He did so as an experiment to disprove Aristotle s theory of gravity, which states that… …   Wikipedia

• Leaning Tower of Pisa — Leaning Tow|er of Pi|sa the Leaning Tower of Pisa a tall round tower in Pisa, Italy, which does not stand straight, but ↑leans to one side. It was built in the 12th century and is popular with tourists …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Leaning Tower of Pisa — n. bell tower in Pisa, Italy, which leans approx. 10° from the vertical …   English World dictionary

• Leaning Tower of Pisa — tower in Italy which leans to its side …   English contemporary dictionary

• PISA CATHEDRAL COMPLEX, ITALY —    Pisa Cathedral and its sur rounding buildings form a Romanesque complex unequalled in all of Italy in its large scale, high quality, and unique style. Constructed from 1063 to 1350, this complex consists of a large cathedral, a separate… …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• Pisa (Stadt) — Pisa …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Pisa (disambiguation) — Pisa or PISA may refer to: *Pisa, a city in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Pisa and during the 10th ndash;11th centuries of the independent state known as the Republic of Pisa. *Leaning Tower of Pisa, a famous landmark in that… …   Wikipedia

• Leaning Tower of Pisa — noun a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174 • Syn: ↑Leaning Tower • Instance Hypernyms: ↑campanile, ↑belfry • Part Holonyms: ↑Pisa …   Useful english dictionary