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Eiffel Tower (Paris, Tennessee), a 1:20 scale replica of the original; Eiffel Tower (Paris, Texas), a scale model of the Eiffel Tower in Paris; Eiffel Tower (Six Flags), replicas at Kings Dominion and one at Kings Island; Eiffel Tower, a one-half scale model at Paris Las Vegas; Tour Eiffel Bridge, small but ornate bridge in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, a distinction it retained until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York City was topped out. [102] The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the Tokyo Tower in 1958 but retains its status as the tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure in France.
However the tallest tower is built within central Paris: the iconic Eiffel Tower standing alongside the Seine River at the heart of the 7th arrondissement. Built in 1889, it was the first man-made structure in the world to exceed 1,000 feet.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, is an iconic French landmark, and it has a fascinating history. Here are 12 surprising Eiffel Tower facts you might not know.
Designer Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment cloistered away in the upper reaches of the tower. In 2016, a second (temporary) apartment was built inside the tower by vacation rental company ...
Eiffel’s riddle was: “Ooh la la, ooh la la, mon chant etait tres bon. It may not have been Monty, but was defo Python.” “Some spicy guesses there,” Eiffel later said of the judge’s ...
The tower is eight stories high at 55.86 metres (183.3 ft) and before restoration work from 1990 leaned 5.5 degrees. It currently leans about 4 degrees but due to foundation problems it continues to sink about 1mm annually. The resemblance of the tower to a penis has seen the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" become a sexual slang term for a half erect ...
La Tour Eiffel or the Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. Tour Eiffel may also refer to: La Tour Eiffel (Hopi Hari), a drop tower at the Hopi Hari amusement park in Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil; Le Tour Eiffel (EP), a 2007 extended play record by Siouxsie