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The Leaning Tower of Toruń is Still Standing 800 Years Later - Neatorama

That leaning tower in Pisa, Italy, is not the only ancient structure that wouldn't pass inspection today. Poland has its own such tower, built of brick, in the town of Toruń, the birthplace of Copernicus. The tower dates back to the 13th century, when the Teutonic Order, a Catholic military/monastic order born of the Crusades, held the city of Toruń in the Baltic region. They built two towers as part of the city's fortifications against attack by the pagan Prussians and Lithuanians. The brick to