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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):

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    		• The Leaning Tower of Niles, a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, in Niles, Illinois, USA
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    		• The Huqiu Tower in Suzhou (Jiangsu), China
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    		• The Huzhu Tower of Tianma Mountain near Shanghai, China
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    		• Qianwei's Leaning Tower in Suizhong County (Liaoning), China
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    		• The deliberately tilted Iron Tower of Yuquan Temple (Hubei), China
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    		• A clock and water tower in the Teluk Intan town in Perak, Malaysia
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    		• The Asinelli and Garisenda towers in Bologna, Italy
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    		• The tower of the Oude Kerk in Delft, the Netherlands
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    		• The Oldehove in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
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    		• The southeast tower of Caerphilly Castle in Wales
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    		• The Albert Memorial Clock in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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    		• The Metzgerturm in Ulm, Germany
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    		• The Reichenturm in Bautzen, Germany
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    		• A short church tower in Suurhusen, Germany (the "most leaning tower in the world" according to Guinness World Records)
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    		• The Krzywa Wieza (Leaning Tower) in Torun, Poland
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    		• The Baszta Sowia (Owl's Tower) in Pyrzyce
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    		• The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, Russia
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    		• The Söyembikä Tower in Kazan, Russia
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    		• The Campanile of San Martino church on the island of Burano, Venice, Italy
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    		• The Campanile of San Giorgio dei Greci in Venice, Italy
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    		• The tower of the Temple Church in Bristol, England
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    		• 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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    That is crazy... I never would've guessed there were so many leaning towers beside Pisa
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