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Leaning Tower of Pisa leaning less and to reopen
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AFTER 11 years of work to haul it closer to the vertical, the Leaning Tower of Pisa will reopen to visitors in November, Italy's Public Works Minister Nerio Nesi said.
The 12th-century tower, one of Italy's most famous images, was closed in 1990 because it was deemed to be leaning too far for tourists to climb safely.
Michele Jamiolkowski, head of the team straightening the tower -- but not by too much -- said the lean had been reduced by 39.6 centimetres so far and the eight-storey edifice should be nudged back another four millimetres over the next few days.
The lean team pulled the tower back using huge lead counterweights and said the work should keep the building, which stands apart from the main body of Pisa's cathedral, safe for the next 300 years.
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