About Sialk Hills in
Esfahan province
Approximately 4,500 years BC., a community with an interesting
civilization was settled in this area and their tools were of
stone and bone.
There is a possibility that the former residents of this region
had succumbed to their successors. Here, Elamite slabs of clay
have been found, and due to the links of this community with
that of the civilization of Shoosh (Susa), about 5,500 years
ago, they learned to write.
Thereby, several clay slabs with the most ancient Elamite script
are vestiges of this area. Evidences found in the cemetery
between the two hillocks are related to the fresh immigrants to
the Sialk Hill, which bears a strong resemblance to the
discoveries in the Giyan Hillock of Nahavand and Khordin of
Savoj Bollaq
...YES! IRAN IS BEAUTIFUL
Why the Leaning Tower of Pisa is special
Its tilt seems to defy gravity – you wonder why it doesn’t topple. Yet, even if the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy didn't lean, visitors would come to marvel at its design (look at the photograph and imagine the tower upright). And, the tower is part of a magnificent Romanesque architectural complex that includes the famous Baptistery and Cathedral of Pisa.
Tilt history
The tilting of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is not
new. Soon after this 800-year-old campanile (free standing bell tower) was
begun, workers noticed a risky inclination caused by soft subsoil. Partial
remedies were applied and the architecturally flawed tower was completed about
70 years later.
Over the centuries the tilt angle of the 56-meter (182-feet)
tall Leaning Tower of Pisa continued to increase. Today the top edge lists about
5 meters (16 feet) from the perpendicular, creating a gravity-defying
appearance.
Some experts predict an any-year-now collapse, others believe
that the current restoration project will save this world
wonder.
Visitors can no longer climb the tower
Since 1990, the Leaning
Tower of Pisa’s internal steps have been closed to the public. No longer can we
climb the 294-step spiral staircase to the belfry as a million people have done
in the past.
What leading travel books say about the Leaning Tower
The
Leaning Tower of Pisa should fall by 2200 if nothing is done to arrest the
continuing subsidence.
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The Leaning Tower of
Pisa is a freakishly beautiful building.
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