Table of Contents. 1  Ringworm facts. 2  Is ringworm contagious? 3  What does the term ringworm mean? 4  What causes ringworm? 5  What are the sources of skin fungi? 6  What are risk factors for ringworm? 7  What types of ringworm are there? 8  Types of ringworm: tinea corporis and tinea cruris. 9  Types of ringworm: tinea faciei and tinea manus. 10  Types of ringworm: tinea ...
No, it was built in 1173, many centuries after the end of the Roman Empire (476 a.C.). The tower was done as part of the complex of the Cathedral, built by Pisans as a symbol â¦of their power. Pisa after the fall of the Roman Empire was a big city, the most powerful in Tuscany and, in Middle Ages, it was a Republic.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is actually the belltower of the adjacent cathedral of Pisa and is one of four historic structures that make up the Piazza del Duomo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pisa itself lies on the Ligurian Sea and was an important naval power at the time the tower was built.