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Engineers who toiled for more than a decade to stabilize the leaning Tower of Pisa are standing tall.
Today they are set to finish peeling away the last of two sets of steel suspenders supporting Italy's famous monument.The cables were secured in 1998 as part of a bold, apparently successful plan to straighten the tower. Some had feared the icon of Italian culture might begin to slip as workers excavated the soil under its foundation. 'Extraordinarily Close' to CollapseAlthough the Tower of Pisa has always leaned since its construction began in 1173, the most severe threat to its stability did not come until the 19th
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