Leaning Tower of Pisa, The

American  

noun

1. a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).

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Example Sentences

If you are ever curious about what everyday tourists think about New York City’s Times Square, the Hollywood Sign, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and other world-famous sites, Yelp is the place to go.

From Time

Pisa’s anti-terrorism police squad head Gonario Antonio Rainone said 24-year-old Jalal El Hanaoui, who was jailed Monday, had posted photos of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Statue of Liberty and other architectural sites on Facebook and with slogans attempted to “instigate the faithful to spread Islam even using terrorism” and other violence.

From Washington Times

Founded in response to the engineering challenges faced by the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Monuments Fund has brought attention to imperiled historic sites in more than 100 countries.

From New York Times

They include the pyramids in Egypt, Italy's leaning tower of Pisa, the London Eye, Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue, Belfast City Hall and the fountain at the White House.

From BBC

Like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the two New England Journal of Medicine papers by disgraced Dutch researcher Don Poldermans will never stand straight.

From Forbes