The Leaning Tower in.. Toruń

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The Leaning Tower in Torun - one of the two in Poland - was built in XIII. Of course, at first the tower was straight, but during years it started to lean because of soft ground. Nowadays it has more than 5 degrees tilt.

 

Torun Leaning Tower - 1961

Author:Babcia Hania under  i Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa – Na tych samych warunkach 3.0

 

 

The Lean Tower

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The Leaning Tower in Torun, Poland, 2004

Author: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

 

The history of Torun's tower is very interesting:

- first it was defense building,

- later, after adjustments it was prison for the woman

- later, the tower was rebuilt to forge and living place for the gunsmith

- later, the tower was rebuilt once again to be a living place for more people

- later, the tower served as cafe

- and finally, till now, in the tower ther is Torun City Cultural Institution headquarter.

 

 

Leaning Tower - other side

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View from the street on Leaning Tower

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Performance under the tower - some child trying to kill the knight

 

 

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0 #1 nikola 2010-06-05 10:41
w ząbkowicach śl. jest lebsza
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