Roman Empire was over by this time.

And, the Pisa people did not like Rome, and they recycled everything they could take down that looked like Rome. You can see they used some stones in the building of the church, some upside down, others in pieces. The scaffold is on the back side doing some cleaning.

Italy Day 6 - Pisa and Florence

October 13th 2014
Today was the day we headed out to view the Tower of Pisa, and the city of Florence. Very interesting day to say the least. The Tower of Pisa does in fact lean. It leans a lot. They did some work to try and stabilize it sometime back in the 80's, and it is still limited to 40 people at a time in the tower. The view of the tower, the church and the baptistery, were all nice. We did not enter the ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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