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Leaning Tower of Pisa

On our lovely visit to Italy my travelers group decided to take a visit and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This tower has a lean of about 3.4 degrees. The tower began leaning to the south-east after the poorly laid foundation began to move and settle differently in 1173. An interesting fact we found out while there was that During World War II, the Allies discovered that the Nazis were using it as an observation post. A U.S. Army sergeant was briefly entrusted with the fate of the tower and his decision not to call in an artillery strike saved the tower from destruction. Good thing he didn't because now we all get to look at this very interesting tower.
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Italy

We just got into Italy and our first stop will be Venice! Italy is located king of south from France and is about 116,346 sq miles. Italys population 60,017,677. The average person here will earn $30,518 a year working. On our visit to Italy we decided to go to Venice. Venice is basically a no car zone so we parked the car and began to walk around the city.
Here is a cool building we saw
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Venice at night:
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