Italy Day 3

Today we visited the towns of Pisa and Lucca...  Again, a fantastic day!!!

First, let's talk about the leaning tower.  The Leaning tower of Pisa is actually a church bell tower.  That doesn't get advertised much does it?  In 2000 a project was undertaken to stop the lean as it was continuing its movement.  The tower was straightened from 5.5 degrees to a 4 degree list.

The tower actually leans more at the bottom

And is straighter at the top.  That is because as they built it, 
they built the leaning side taller so that as it rose, it would
become a bit more level with each floor.

City wall in Lucca ca. 1500

Inside one of the church in Lucca.  Ca. 1100.

Church in Lucca Ca. 550

Walls of Pisa Ca. 1500

Church in Pisa that has the famous leaning bell tower.

Narrow streets of Lucca so typical of medieval and
renaissance European construction.

We had a lovely day!   Tomorrow we go to Florence to see the famous statue of David.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.