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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was born in France, in the Côte-d'Or, the first child of Catherine-Mélanie (née Moneuse) and Alexandre Bonickhausen dit Eiffel. [6] He was a descendant of Marguerite Frédérique (née Lideriz) and Jean-René Bönickhausen, who had emigrated from the German town of Marmagen and settled in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century. [7]
The Paris Universal Exposition of 1889, celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution, was much larger than the 1878 Exposition, and gave Paris two revolutionary new structures; The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world, and became the symbol of the Exposition. The tower brought lasting fame to its constructor, Gustave Eiffel.
L. Étienne-Éloi Labarre; Henri Labrouste; Arsène Lacarrière-Latour; Auguste Lafollye; Barthelemy Lafon; Victor Laloux; Jean-Baptiste Lassus; Louis-Hippolyte Lebas
Alexandre Falguière; Félicie de Fauveau; Émile Fernand-Dubois; Hippolyte Ferrat; Marc Ferrez (sculptor) Zepherin Ferrez; Charles Georges Ferville-Suan; Jean-Jacques Feuchère; Augustin Félix Fortin; Jean-Joseph Foucou; Denis Foyatier; Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard; Gustave Fraipont; Édouard Fraisse; Christopher Fratin; Emmanuel Frémiet ...
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 ...
The project team of the Eiffel Tower. Stephen Sauvestre is left, center Gustave Eiffel. Sauvestre contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower, adding the decorative arches to the base, a glass pavilion to the first level and the cupola at the top. He also chose the color of the tower.
By choosing this landmark, 3i honors Gustave Eiffel and his descendants, whose legacy of architectural brilliance and engineering innovation continues to inspire the world. With the invaluable support of Philippe Couperie-Eiffel and BONJOUREIFFEL, a direct descendant of Gustave Eiffel, this production gains an even deeper significance.
Eiffel Tower Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) Eiffel (French Eiffel Constructions métalliques ) is part of the Eiffage group and the descendant of the engineering company Société des Établissements Eiffel founded by Gustave Eiffel , designer of the Eiffel Tower .