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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Sadhna Yadav

Italian Town On High Alert As 'Leaning Tower' At Great Risk Of Falling

The Garisenda tower in Italy. Image: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Garisenda tower in Italy's Bologna has been sealed off after experts warned that the 900-year-old tower might fall.

The tower is also known as the "leaning tower," but it is not the iconic Tower of Pisa, which leans at 5 degrees. This 14th-century tower leans at an angle of 4 degrees. The authorities have said that "the tower is at great risk of falling, so we need to be ready for every eventuality".

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