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Questions for Discussion: The Leaning Tower: Where It Stands Today
What is causing the Tower of Pisa to lean?
What advance planning and testing was done before engineers tried to straighten out the tower?
Why do you think the engineers chose to excavate sand as a way to save the tower? What are some of the advantages of this method?
Do you think that it is worth the large expense to save the tower? Why or why not?