Eiffel Tower, The Icon of France
Posted by: Steve | June 25th, 2008 | No comments
The Eiffel Tower as seen from the Champ-de-Mars
The Eiffel tower and the Seine at night
The Eiffel Tower is Paris’ most-recognized icon. Built for the World Exposition of 1889, the tower is a relative newcomer to a city whose history stretches back to over a millennia.
Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris and one of the most recognized structures in the world. More than 200,000,000 have visited the tower since its construction in 1889,[2] including 6,719,200 in 2006, making it the most visited paid monument in the world. Including the 24 m (79 ft) antenna, the structure is 325 m (1,063 ft) high (since 2000), which is equivalent to about 81 levels in a conventional building.
