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Leaning Towers Around the World  
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A leaning tower is a tower which, due to errors in design or construction or to subsequent external influence, does not stand perpendicular to the ground. The most famous of these is the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the Italian city of Pisa. These are some other leaning towers around the world (Americas, Europe and Asia):

	The Leaning Tower of Niles, a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, in Niles, Illinois, USA
	The Huqiu Tower in Suzhou (Jiangsu), China
	The Huzhu Tower of Tianma Mountain near Shanghai, China
	Qianwei's Leaning Tower in Suizhong County (Liaoning), China
	The deliberately tilted Iron Tower of Yuquan Temple (Hubei), China
	A clock and water tower in the Teluk Intan town in Perak, Malaysia
	The Asinelli and Garisenda towers in Bologna, Italy
	The tower of the Oude Kerk in Delft, the Netherlands
	The Oldehove in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
	The southeast tower of Caerphilly Castle in Wales
	The Albert Memorial Clock in Belfast, Northern Ireland
	The Metzgerturm in Ulm, Germany
	The Reichenturm in Bautzen, Germany
	A short church tower in Suurhusen, Germany (the "most leaning tower in the world" according to Guinness World Records)
	The Krzywa Wieza (Leaning Tower) in Torun, Poland
	The Baszta Sowia (Owl's Tower) in Pyrzyce
	The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, Russia
	The Söyembikä Tower in Kazan, Russia
	The Campanile of San Martino church on the island of Burano, Venice, Italy
	The Campanile of San Giorgio dei Greci in Venice, Italy
	The tower of the Temple Church in Bristol, England
	The Greyfriars Tower - the remains of a Franciscan monastery in King's Lynn, England. Nicknamed 'The Leaning Tower of Lynn' in reference to the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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Comments: That is crazy... I never would've guessed there were so many leaning towers beside Pisa Comment by: Pratt