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Leaning Tower of Pisa 'saved' for 300 years

The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been saved for another 300 years and is no longer moving, according to the engineers in charge of the rescue operation.

Engineers are confident their efforts to rescue the Leaning Tower of Pisa have been successful and should last 'at least three centuries'

"All of our best hopes have been confirmed. We can now say that the tower will not move again for at least three centuries," said Michele Jamiolkowski, a Turin-based engineer who led the project to stabilise the tower.
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