Eiffel Tower / Tour Eiffel - Paris, France

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Eiffel Tower / Tour Eiffel - Paris, France

Artist

Mark Hendrickson

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Photograph - Photography

Description

Eiffel Tower / Tour Eiffel - Paris, France - taken from the Tour Montparnasse

Record height - Tallest in the world from 1889 to 1930
General information
Location 7th arrondissement, Paris, France
Construction started - 28 January 1887 - Completed - 15 March 1889
Opening - 31 March 1889 (127 years ago)
Owner - City of Paris, France
Management Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE)
Height
Architectural 300 m (984 ft)
Tip - 324 m (1,063 ft)[1] - Top floor - 276 m (906 ft)
Technical details
Floor count - 3 - Lifts/elevators - 8
Design and construction - Architect Stephen Sauvestre
Structural engineer Maurice Koechlin - Émile Nouguier
Main contractor Compagnie des Etablissements Eiffel

The Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl ˈtaʊər/ eye-fəl towr; French: Tour Eiffel, pronounced: [tuʁ‿ɛfɛl] Is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

Constructed from 1887–89 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.

The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Due to the addition of a broadcasting aerial at the top of the tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres (17 ft). Excluding transmitters, the Eiffel Tower is the second-tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct.

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