The Leaning Tower of Pisa After a Global Cataclysm

The Leaning Tower of Pisa After a Global Cataclysm A photographer using the screen name rolandmey took the Leaning Tower of Pisa and reimagined it like you’ve never seen it before. The iconic Central Italian landmark has long captivated visitors with its characteristic tilt, so much so that during the 20th century concern that it may finally topple spearheaded an effort to reduce the Leaning Tower’s lean (from 5.5 to 3.3 degrees off-centre). In the concept art above, however, the famous building (which is really the bell tower of the city’s cathedral, located in Pisa’s Piazza del Duomo) still stands. The rest of the Tuscan city, however, is nowhere to be seen. All that remains is a small, broken patch of land peering above the waves, upon which the Leaning Tower of Pisa stands proud. Whether global warming and rising sea levels finally took their toll, or some unseen cataclysm sent a devastating tsunami tearing across the Ligurian Sea, we can but imagine.