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The Eiffel Tower ( / ˈaɪfəl / ⓘ 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. Locally nicknamed " La dame de fer " (French for "Iron Lady"), it was ...
Hong Kong-style French toast (Chinese: 西多士; Cantonese Yale: sāidōsí; lit.'western toast') is typically prepared by combining multiple slices of bread with peanut butteror fruit jamfilling, then dipping in beaten egg and deep frying.[39] It is served with butter, and topped with golden syrupor honey. [39][40]It is a typical offering in ...
Franz Karl Reichelt [1] [note 1] (German pronunciation: [fʁants kaʁl ˈʁaɪ̯çl̩t]; 16 October 1878 [1] – 4 February 1912), [3] also known as Henry François Reichelt [3] after his French naturalization, was an Austro-Hungarian-born [4] French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the ...
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]
This article discusses replicas and derivatives of this building. As one of the most iconic and recognizable structures in the world, the Eiffel Tower, completed in 1889, has been the inspiration for the creation of over 50 similar towers around the world. Most are not exact replicas, though there are many that resemble it closely, while others ...
On the Eiffel Tower, 72 names of French men (scientists, engineers, and mathematicians) are engraved in recognition of their contributions. [1] Gustave Eiffel chose this "invocation of science" because of his concern over the protests against the tower, and chose names of those who had distinguished themselves since 1789. [2]
The Exposition Universelle of 1889 ( French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl] ), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937. [ a] It attracted more than thirty-two ...
Country. France. Coordinates. 48°52′08″N 2°20′04″E. / 48.86889°N 2.33444°E / 48.86889; 2.33444. Website. www .lejulesverne-paris .com /fr. Le Jules Verne is a restaurant located on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.