{"id":14424,"date":"2011-08-07T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T07:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=14424"},"modified":"2021-03-07T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T03:19:08","slug":"pisa-tuscany-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/14424","title":{"rendered":"Pisa, Tuscany, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never made a bucket list, but if I had, a visit to Pisa would be on it. So, cross Pisa off my non-existent list. I really did not expect to be as awestruck as I was when I first laid my eyes on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Holey moley, this thing really is impressive! The tower is actually the freestanding bell tower of the Cathedral in Pisa and it took 177 years to build. The cathedral is right next to the tower and the impressive baptistery and a fountain designed by Flaminio Vacca are close at hand as well. Recent efforts to stabilize the tower have been so successful that, for the first time in history, the tower is no longer moving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14425\" title=\"The Leaning Tower of Pisa\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa.jpg\" alt=\"The Leaning Tower of Pisa\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Leaning Tower of Pisa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Tuscany, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Cathedral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14426\" title=\"The Pisa Cathedral\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Cathedral.jpg\" alt=\"The Pisa Cathedral\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Cathedral.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Cathedral-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Cathedral-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Pisa Cathedral<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Pisa Cathedral (Pisa, Tuscany, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Flaminio-Vaca-Fountain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14428\" title=\"Fountain Designed by Flaminio Vacca\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Flaminio-Vaca-Fountain.jpg\" alt=\"Fountain Designed by Flaminio Vacca\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Flaminio-Vaca-Fountain.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Flaminio-Vaca-Fountain-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Flaminio-Vaca-Fountain-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fountain Designed by Flaminio Vacca<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Fountain Designed by Flaminio Vacca (Pisa, Tuscany, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Baptistry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14427\" title=\"The Pisa Baptistry\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Baptistry.jpg\" alt=\"The Pisa Baptistry\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Baptistry.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Baptistry-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Pisa-Baptistry-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Pisa Baptistery<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Pisa Baptistery (Pisa, Tuscany, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never made a bucket list, but if I had, a visit to Pisa would be on it. So, cross Pisa off my non-existent list. 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