The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a valuable artifact of Italian engineering, history and culture for many more reasons than just because it leans. The Tower has borne witness to nearly 800 years of Italian history. It has survived innumerable wars, earthquakes, pestilence and the Plague.If only it could talk! The stories it must have stored in its stones. Maybe it would reveal the true architect of its design. Though historians know that construction began in 1173, they haven't figured out who designed it