Civic Tower (Pavia)

The Civic Tower (Italian: Torre Civica) was a tower built in the Italian city of Pavia in the 11th century, next to Pavia Cathedral.

Built to a rectangular base, it was 72 metres (236 feet) high.

[1] Between 1583 and 1585, the architect Pellegrino Tibaldi led works to add a room at the top of the tower to house the cathedral's bells, which it did until it was moved to a campanile of the cathedral.

[4][5][6] It has not been rebuilt, though some elements from it are now on display at the city's Castello Visconteo.

[2] After the tower's collapse, the Italian government closed the Leaning Tower of Pisa on 7 January 1990 over concerns that the popular tourist site might also be at risk of collapse.