Engineering professors say the structure is slowly straightening up.
What a disaster!
It seems the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa is not as tilted as it once was...after it straightened slightly as a result of engineering work to protect the tourist attraction.
Experts of the tower's surveillance group, which monitors restoration progress, said the monument was "stable and very slowly reducing its lean" following 17 years of observation.
The 57-metre (186ft) construction straightened by 4cm (1.5in), according to engineering professor Nunziante Squeglia of Pisa University, who was quoted in Italian media reports.
The tower was closed to the public in January 1990 for 11 years over safety fears, after it's tilt had reached 4.5 metres (15ft).
The monument has straightened by more than 40cm (15.7in) since then.
It has always stood slightly to one side ever since construction started in 1173.
However it remained a symbol of power for the medieval region and has since become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world.
