• The tower look like a hollow cylinder which is formed by 2 concentrical walls
  (all in marble blocks)
• The height of the buildig from the foundation to the belfroy is approx. 60meters.
• The tower weighs approx. 14.500 tonnes
• There is a spiral stair (approx. 300 steps) within the body which allow access to the arcade storey and the top
• The inclinaison is 5.5 in direction of the south, the tower losse 1mm yearly...
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• It will cost You 15€ (as 29.10.2004) to visit it and only 30 persons are allowed at a time (35 minutes) in the tower so do not forget to buy your ticket as soon as you arrive.
• Exit are only permit at the 7th and 8th level where visitors are protected by balustrades.
• Visiting the tower require a certain physical effort, take your time!
• Bags are forbidden but can be store at the checkpoint for free.
• Annoying: each 5 meters some people will try to sell You a false Rolex or books, they stop You or ask you while You are in a restaurant.
  Note: If you get catch at the border with a Rolex copy, you will have to pay 3 times the price of a real one as fees!

• Build start in 1064 under the order of Buschetto, a native of Pisa. An urn containing hist rest is behind the first arche on the left side of the monument.
• The unfinished building was consecrated in the 12th century by the pope Gelasius II
• Mosaics in portal were made in 1400 but has changed a lot in 19th century.

• The first door were made of wood by the artist Bonanno in 1186
• The bronze doors (by Giambologna) were build to replace the old one after a fire damage (16th century).

details: episode of the life of Christ

• You can visit the cathedral for free.

• Created by Diotisalvi in 1152
• Same design and materials as the Cathedral in construction
• Finished in 14th century.