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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?