比萨斜塔

比薩斜塔
Bǐsàxiétǎ
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)

Examples

Bǐsàxiétǎ shì Yìdàlì zhùmíng de lǚyóu jǐngdiǎn.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a famous tourist site in Italy.
Yóukè dōu xǐhuan pāi fúzhe Bǐsàxiétǎ de zhàopiàn.
Tourists love taking photos pretending to hold up the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Tips

history
Construction began in 1173 as the bell tower for Pisa Cathedral; the lean appeared during building because of soft subsoil on one side. Legend has Galileo dropping two cannonballs from it to test whether heavier objects fall faster (they don't).

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