Leaning Tower of Pisa No Longer World's Leaningest Building!

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Pictures, Travel & Places, World Records on November 5, 2007 at 1:33 pm


Aw, say it ain’t so! The Leaning Tower of Pisa’s record as the world’s most lopsided building has just been knocked down by a German church steeple:

The tower in the village of Suurhusen applied in June for the title and has now officially beaten the famous landmark in Pisa.

Guinness Book of Records confirmed the award after officials measured it leaning at a 5.19 degree angle compared to only 3.97 degree angle at which the tower of Pisa leans.

Olaf Kuchenbecker of the Guinness World Records office in Hamburg said: "It is a world record."

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7 comments to "Leaning Tower of Pisa No Longer World's Leaningest Building!"

  1. SE
    November 5th, 2007 at 4:23 pm

    Aww, first no more Pluto and now no more Leaning Tower of Pisa. What's this world coming to?

  2. Adam Stanhope
    November 5th, 2007 at 5:39 pm

    Whoever is in charge of this distinction should take a ride through "Down East" Hancock/Washington County Maine.

  3. Alison
    November 5th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    sure, but if it were the height of the tower of Pisa would it still be standing?

  4. Chris W
    November 5th, 2007 at 6:20 pm

    Alison is right, the angle isn't as important as how close the center-of-gravity is to the side.

  5. Albie
    November 5th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    "Whoever is in charge of this distinction should take a ride through “Down East” Hancock/Washington County Maine."

    Adam, get out of my head! If they base the record on angle alone, I'd bet Maine has dozens of buildings that beat that one.

  6. Adam Stanhope
    November 6th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    I heart Maine, Albie!

  7. ryan h
    March 27th, 2009 at 8:22 am

    i think these peoples angles are wrong cause the leaning tower of pisa leans at a angle of 5.6 or at least thats what the discovery channel says.


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