The Eleventh-Century Pavia Tower: Who Pushed It Over?

Situated in Pavia, Italy, the Civic Tower - a 72-meter high medieval structure constructed in the 11th century - once graced the skyline. But one fateful morning of March 17th, 1989, at 8:55 a.m, the tower took an unexpected dip, leaving four lives in ruins and fifteen injured. Today, remnants of the collapsed tower can be found on display at the Castello Visconteo. Following the collapse of the Civic Tower, the Italian government temporarily shuttered the Leaning Tower of Pisa out of concern for its susceptibility to a similar fate.

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