The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel tower is an iron tower located in Paris Champ de Mars. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. It was built between 1887 and 1889; it took 2 years and 2 months. The tower opened on 6 May 1889. It has become a global and cultural symbol of France and one of the most recognizable structures of the world; it’s the most visited paid attraction in the world with 7.1 million visitors in 2011. The tower was built for the World Exhibition, held in celebration of the French Revolution to mark the 100-year anniversary of the French Revolution. 

The tower stands 320 meters tall, about the same height as an 81 storey building. The estimated cost was six and half million francs. No more than three hundred workers were employed on site, and because of the safety precautions, only one man died during the construction period.

The tower had a permit for 20 years; the city had planned to tear it down but as the tower proved valuable for communication purposes it was allowed to remain after the expiry of the permit. And till the moment it still exists.

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