Two shots of Lucca Cathedral
Of course, no visit to Italy would be complete without viewing Pisa's leaning tower 'up close and personal.
Most people seem to have photos of themselves trying to hold up the tower. I thought I would have one of me trying to push it over. Very difficult to get the perspective right though.
Looking staight up the tower from near its base.
Next to the famous tower is the Pisa Cathedral. This has also suffered from the ground underneath it collapsing and the results can be seen by comparing the tops of the arches at the far left with those at the right. It looks as though they discovered this while it was still being built.
And the leaning tower again from the opposite side which is where most of the tourists (and there are many) view it from.
Strangely (or maybe not) Pisa is not the only Italian city with a leaning tower. It could be, of course, that the only plans they had was for towers that lean ;-)
