The Leaning Tower of Pisa, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, gets about 2.2 million visitors a year. The nearby National Royal Palace Museum gets about 300.
The top two sites (or bottom two, actually) were archaeological parks in the somewhat remote region of Puglia. One site, Siponto, with its ancient Greek ruins, receives four visitors a year. Pisa's National Royal Palace Museum, featuring works by Raphael and Bronzino, was the lowest-ranking museum on the list, with just 299 visitors a year.
Given that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is but a few blocks away, and gets approximately 2.2 million visitors a year, the museum definitely has a problem.
(Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times)
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