After walking in the Sempione Park, we worked up an appetitte. We found this small pizza joint right outside of the park. The pizza was amazing!! We also made friends with the owners :)
Natalie and her Margherita pizza (yummy)
Below, Brittany Williams is eating her Margherita pizza as well!!
Brittany Hughes, likes to venture out a little bit! She tried pesto and salami on her pizza!
Out of all of the places in Milan that I have walked in, Sempione Park is one of my favorite. Sempione park is located directly behind the Sforzesco Castle. The atmosphere is truly breathtaking. This is not your typical park. The view of the castle is simply amazing. My friends and I took a stroll to the park on a Saturday afternoon to write in our journals, work on homework, and sketch. This is the perfect place for that.
The park is very tranquil and calm. There are many people at the park on a daily basis. This is also a great place to exercise as well. There were many people jogging, walking, and we even saw people practicing karate and martial arts. I really enjoy this place!!
Well I have the answer! The construction of the tower began in 1173. After completing the third story of the tower it began to tilt around 1274. Bonanno Pisano was the engineer who created and designed this masterpiece. But, what he didn't think of was the area that the tower was being built on. The base of the tower was created with clay, rubble, and sand; therefore, this was not firm enough to hold the 185-foot tower. There wasn't much that this engineer could do, but to continue his plan. The construction continued, but the tower was still uneven.
The tower was completed in 1350. There were large bells built at the top of the tower. But, then they caused the tower to tilt even further. The tower was now leaning seventeen feet toward the bottom. To solve this, the engineers evened out the soil on the bottom of the tower to even out the foundation. The tourists and locals were not able to climb the tower until the tower tilted in the opposite direction.
This information came from this website: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/leaning-tower-of-pisa-landmark.htm
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was pretty excited to be walking in the streets of Pisa. When we got off of the train in Pisa, I whipped out my Rick Steve's travel guide. I was hoping that Rick would guide us straight to the Leaning Tower. I was suprised to see that it only took us forty-five minutes to get to the central part of Pisa from the train station. The train ride was three hours and fifty minutes. When we got off of the train, of course we had to have a good lunch first! :)
Then, we began our journey to find the Leaning Tower. Before I came to Italy, that is one monument that I wanted to be sure and see. After walking through the quiet city of Pisa, we finally arrived in the central area. We found out that the only thing, I mean only exciting thing in Pisa, was the central area. Finally, we made it! Then, I saw it! IT'S THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA!! My friends and I were very excited. I was definitely walking a little faster when i saw it. I always imagined it to be a very large monument, but it actually wasn't as tall as I thought it was going to be. It was incredible though!
Then, we had to whip out our cameras and do the classic, "pisa pose" and try to hold it up with our hands. We each took about twenty pictures! We couldn't get enough of it. ENJOY THE PICTURES! Everyone must see this amazing tower!
After walking in the Sempione Park, we worked up an appetitte. We found this small pizza joint right outside of the park. The pizza was amazing!! We also made friends with the owners :)
