Leaning Tower of Pisa Website
BOOKING INFORMATION
On Line Tickets (Italiano and English)
www.duomo.pisa.it
Booking/Reservation Information
from www.comune.pisa.it
Leaning Tower Box Office
www.opapisa.it
Visitor's Pack
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Posted 30 December 2001: The reopening of the Leaning Tower to the public took place December 15 2001. The price of a ticket is 15,00 euro ($14 US). Opening Hours (Winter, to February): 9:00AM to 5:00 PM. Opening Hours (Summer): 8:00AM to 7:20 PM. Guided visits will be admitted, maximum of 30 people, accompanied by employed personnel (the visit takes about 35 minutes). The visit begins at the desingated hour on the entry ticket. A guided visit takes place each 40 minutes from the hours of 9:00AM to 4:20 PM. A visit to the Leaning Tower is physically demanding for the visitor, and it will affect each person subjectively. Note that the helical inside staircase to the tower, of limited dimensions, is composed of about 300 steps. Any persons who suffer dizziness are encouraged not to undertake the visit. It is possible to access the bell cell and on the summit of the Tower but not intermediary floors. Entry is forbidden to children less than eight years old, while minors must be accompanied by responsible adults. It is forbidden to lean out from the protecting balusters or to go out at the various levels. It is forbidden to walk under the bells or to strike them with anything. It is forbidden to visit the tower carrying purses or containers of any kind. They will be with held at the coatroom beside the point of entry. It is allowed to bring and use cameras and videorecorders. Currently it is not possible book the visit to the Leaning Tower in advance, but it is necessary to acquire a "title of entry" directly at the ticket office beside the offices of the Work of the Pisan Primaziale (Opera della Primaziale) (the corporate body that manages the monuments of the Plaza of the Cathedral of Pisa) located nearby, North of the Leaning Tower. Scheduled for March 2002, it will be possible to reserve visits through the internet. Opera Primaziale Pisana Piazza del Duomo 17 56126 Pisa telephone +39050560547 fax +39050560505 primaziale@sirius.pisa.it http:www.duomo.pisa.it The Closing of the monument occurred January 7 1990 to allow the work of consolidation of the foundations and reduction of the inclination. The work, at a cost of more than 27,370,000 Euro, has decreased the inclination of the tower by 40.6 centimeters. The tower began to lean at the beginning of its construction in 1173 because of the marshy ground on which it rests and the inclination had continued to increase each year up to the decision to intervene on the stability of the monument in 1990.   This Page maintained by: Gary Feuerstein |
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