Leaning Tower of Pisa and the other most amazing falling towers in the world

Without a doubt, each of you at least once heard of the leaning tower of Pisa. Its fame is so great that the expression "Leaning Tower of Pisa" became winged. It began to be built at the beginning of the twelfth century, and already during construction it began to tilt gradually. By the middle of the fourteenth century, she deviated by one and a half meters. By the nineteenth century, a four-meter tilt caused serious concerns, and engineers began work to stop the tilt and strengthen the soil. Today, the tower, despite everything, continues to slowly fall.

But it is far from the only falling building. There are others, but not so famous. In the world of such structures, which are slowly falling over the centuries, several dozen. We will talk about the most interesting:

Church in Zuurhusen, Germany

This Lutheran church is a building of the late Middle Ages. It is considered the most strongly inclined.

Big Ben, UK

The famous building began to fall during the construction of the subway. Now Big Ben is at an angle of almost 45 degrees.

Chapel of Frankenhausen Church, Germany

The annual deviation is as much as six centimeters. For the building it is a lot. Experts have calculated that less than twenty years are left before the critical moment. The German government has allocated funds to restore the bell tower.

Church of St. Martin, Italy

The campanile of the Italian church, built about six hundred years ago, is tall (over 50 meters) and is in the fall. If not for the building of the church itself, supporting the tower, it would have collapsed a long time ago.

Yunyan Pagoda, China

An ancient building in the Chinese city of Suzhou, which stood about 2 thousand years. At the moment, she tipped over two meters.

Demidov Tower, Russia

And in Russia, too, there is a bell tower, significantly deviated from the vertical. And if the Chinese pagoda described above bent two meters in two thousand years, then the Demidov tower reached the same deviation in a couple of centuries from the date of construction.