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The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris, France. It is the tallest structure in Paris and one of the most recognized monuments in the world. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, it is the

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The Eiffel Tower

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  1. The Eiffel Tower

  2. The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris, France. It is the tallest structure in Paris and one of the most recognized monuments in the world. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, it is the most visited monument in the world; 6,428,441 people visited the tower in 2005 and more than 200,000,000 since its construction. Including the 24 m antenna, the structure is 324 m high (since 2000), which is equivalent to about 81 levels in a conventional building. The structure of the Eiffel Tower weighs 7,300 tons. The tower is actually painted three different colors in order to make it look the same color. The colors change from dark to lightfrom top to bottom, but it looks the same because of the background

  3. History The structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle, a World's Fair marking the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. The tower was inaugurated on 31 March 1889, and The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower on 6 May . Eiffel Tower underconstruction in July 1888 Three hundred workers joined together 18,038 pieces of puddled iron (a very pure form of structural iron), using two and a half million rivets, in a structural design by Maurice Koechlin.

  4. The first and second levels are accessible by stairs and lifts.A ticket booth at the south tower base sells tickets to use the stairs which begin at that location. On the first platform, the stairs continue up from the east tower. The third level summit is only accessible by lift. First level:(328 steps ) 57.63 meters. Observatory from which to study the movements of the Eiffel Tower's summit.Space CINEIFFEL: offers an exceptional panorama of sights from the Tower. Restaurant "Altitude 95" .Post office, with special stamps "Paris Eiffel Tower ". Panoramic gallery displaying the Monuments of Paris. We were going to the first and seconds levels by stairs.

  5. Second level: (340 steps )115.73 meters. Panorama of Paris. Telescopes, shops. Animated displays on the operation of the elevators. Jules Verne Restaurant (extremely expensive, reservations absolutely necessary. We on the second floor. Third level: 276.13 metersand (18 steps to the lift platform on the second level).Exceptional panoramic views, day or night, of Paris and its surroundings. Recently restored office of Gustave Eiffel, showing him welcoming Thomas Edison. Panoramic guide displays to aid orientation. Dioramas presenting the history of this platform. View from the highest platform.

  6. The Eiffel Tower at night is one of the great sights of Paris and shouldn't be missed. The gold lighting highlights the delicacy of the steelwork in a way that is missed in daylight.

  7. Interesting Facts • - 300 steel workers, and 2 years (1887-1889) to construct it. • - 15,000 iron pieces (excluding rivets). • 2.5 million rivets. • - 40 tons of paint. • - 1671 steps to the top. • - Maximum sway at top caused by wind: 12 cm (4.75 inches). • - Maximum sway at top caused by metal dilation: 18 cm (7 inches). • - Total height in 1889: 300.51 meters (985 feet, 11 inches). • - Total height with television antenna: 320.755 meters (1052 feet, 4 inches). • - Height varies up to 15 cm depending on temperature. • - Size of base area: 10,281.96 square meters (2.54 acres). • - Weight of foundations: 277,602 kg (306 tons). • - Weight of iron: 7.34 million kg (8092.2 tons). • - Weight of elevator systems: 946,000 kg (1042.8 tons). • Total weight: 8.56 million kg (9441 tons). • Dates of construction: January 26, 1887 to March 31, 1889.

  8. Surroundings around the Eiffel Tower Champ de Mars - is a large public green-space in Paris, France, located in the 7th arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius of Rome. In English Champs de Mars means "Field of Mars", from Mars the Roman god of war, from its original use for military training. View southeast from the top level of the Eiffel Tower, down the Champs de Mars, with the Tour Montparnasse (Montparnasse Tower) in the distance. The Ecole Militaire is one third down from the top of the picture

  9. The Trocadero gardens Northwest from the tower, across the River Seine, showing the Trocadéro gardens and the Palais de Chaillot. A pleasure boat cruises on the river. The Trocadéro from the Eiffel Tower

  10. The rest of the horizon was covered with streets and buildings.

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