{"id":1796,"date":"2025-01-29T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:34:58","slug":"famous-italian-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/2025\/01\/29\/famous-italian-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Italian Buildings\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cecilia (Y7) describes her favourite Italian infrastructure in both Italian and English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leaning Tower of Pisa&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Torre Pendente di Pisa \u00e8 la terza struttura del Duomo della citt\u00e0. La Torre di Pisa fu costruita per essere utilizzata come campanile. L&#8217;edificio fu costruito il 9 agosto 1173 da Bonanno Pisano, ma gli studiosi ritengono che potrebbe essere stato progettato da Gherardo di Gherardo. Una curiosit\u00e0 \u00e8 che la torre \u00e8 stata costruita per \u2018mettersi in mostra\u2019, ma questo \u00e8 stato fatto con soldi rubati.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the third structure of the city\u2019s cathedral. Pisa was built to be used as the bell tower. This building was constructed on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> of August 1173 by Bonanno Pisano, but researchers show that it may have been planned by Gherardo di Gherardo. A fun fact is that the tower was built for showing off, but this was made with stolen money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St Peter\u2019s Basilica&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Peter\u2019s Basilica is an Italian church and is situated in the Vatican City \u2013 a small country located within the city of Rome. The construction of the basilica began on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of April 1506 and was completed on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of November 1626.&nbsp; The main architects were Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, and the piazza by Bernini. It is a catholic church. The height up to the dome is 136.6m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/St-Petrs-Basilica.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/St-Petrs-Basilica.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/St-Petrs-Basilica-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>La Basilica di San Pietro \u00e8 una chiesa italiana e si trova nella Citt\u00e0 del Vaticano, un piccolo paese situato all&#8217;interno della citt\u00e0 di Roma. La costruzione della basilica inizi\u00f2 il 18 aprile 1506 e fu completata il 18 novembre 1626. Fu progettata principalmente da Donato Bramante e Michelangelo, mentre la piazza con le colonne dal Bernini. \u00c8 una chiesa cattolica. L&#8217;altezza fino alla cupola \u00e8 di 136.6 m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cecilia (Y7) describes her favourite Italian infrastructure in both Italian and English Leaning Tower of Pisa&nbsp; La Torre Pendente di<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,30,67],"tags":[41,153,95,152],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern-foreign-languages","category-steam","category-the-arts","tag-architecture","tag-buildings","tag-italian","tag-italy","comments-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1800,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/1800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}