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The Eiffel Tower (/ ˈ aɪ f əl / ⓘ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ⓘ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel , whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.
The engraving was painted over at the beginning of the 20th century and restored in 1986–87 by Société Nouvelle d'exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, the company that the city of Paris contracts to operate the Tower. The repainting of 2010–11 restored the letters to their original gold colour.
Sur les traces des expositions universelles : Paris, 1855–1937 : à la recherche des pavillons et des monuments oubliés. Paris: Parigramme. ISBN 978-28409-6444-5. Jonnes, Jill, Eiffel's Tower (2013), Penguin Putnam ISBN 978-01431-1729-2. Musée d'Orsay (1989). 1889 : la Tour Eiffel et l'Exposition universelle (in French). Paris: Editions de ...
Eiffel Tower Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 26 December 1919) was a French architect . He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower , built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris , France .
Français : 660. Exposition Universelle de 1889. -- Vue sur Auteuil, prise de la Tour Eiffel. ND. Phot. - Vue partielle du Champ-de-Mars avec, au premier plan le Pavillon du Vénézuéla (à gauche) et le Pavillon du Mexique (à droite), au second plan de gauche à droite le Pavillon des Enfants, le Pavillon de la Mer et le Bâtiment de la Douane, au-delà de l'Avenue de Suffren Gare du Champ ...
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
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; ... Picture of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France by night. Français : Photo de la tour eiffel de nuit. Date: 23 December 2016 ...
The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies is a collection of essays by the French literary theorist Roland Barthes. [1] It is a companion volume to his earlier book, Mythologies , and follows the same format of a series of short essays which explore a range of cultural phenomena, from the Tour de France to laundry detergents.