10 Naturally Leaning Towers That Rival The Tower Of Pisa
Most architecture follows the styles of its time. Then there are the truly odd structures. For example, the Tower of Pisa is famous for its lean.
Surprisingly, it is not the only leaning tower around. It just happens to be the most popular. Some leaning towers are even more tilted and have more impressive histories and backstories than the Tower of Pisa.
10 Minaret Of Jam
Built in 1194, the 65-meter-high (213 ft) Minaret of Jam has a slant of about 3.47 degrees, which is less than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. However, the minaret is 9 meters (30 ft) taller than the Tower of Pisa, which was built over a century later.
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image captionEight Egyptian architects were chosen over 123 entries
A group of Egyptian architects has won a competition to reconstruct Mosul s Great Mosque of al-Nuri, four years after it was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) militants.
The jihadists blew up the 12-Century mosque in June 2017 as government troops moved to recapture the city.
Three years earlier, the group s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a caliphate from the mosque.
The rebuilding is part of the UN s Revive the Spirit of Mosul project.
The eight Egyptian architects, and their Courtyards Dialogue design, were chosen from among 123 entries.
The battle for Mosul lasted almost nine months, leaving most of the city ruins. Thousands of civilians were killed and more than 900,000 displaced.
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