This means that the top of the tower is displaced horizontally 3.9 metres from where it would be if the structure were perfectly vertical. Prior to restoration work performed between 19, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but the tower now leans at about 3.99 degrees. CERTAIN well-known cities in the world owe their fame to some unique aspect of the city’s architecture or to an artistic masterpiece that has been handed down through history as an almost chance bequest. The tower has 296 or 294 steps the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. The Tower of PisaWhy Does It Lean By Awake correspondent in Italy. Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons. The width of the walls at the base is 4.09 m and at the top 2.48 m. The height of the tower is 55.86 m from the ground on the low side and 56.70 m on the high side. The tilt increased in the decades before the structure was completed, and gradually increased until the structure was stabilized by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Pisa leaning tower.you could pretty much call it the super- star of cathedral bell towers In Italy, every Cathedral has a bell tower. The tower's tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure's weight. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square after the Cathedral and the Baptistry. The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt to one side. Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: