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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 contract was given to Eiffel & Cie by the Jurabahn (later Jura–Simplon Railway), a private railway company. Eiffel's engineering company had already acquired the necessary experience, having previously planned and built numerous railway bridges and viaducts in France such as those at Rouzat and Bouble in the Massif Central .
Amongst others, this cemetery is the last resting place of Gustave Eiffel (in the family grave), Maurice Ravel (in the family grave) and Léon Zitrone as well as communards Théophile Ferré and Louise Michel. In division 25 there is a Carré Militaire, dedicated to those fallen for France.
The date of the strike was not picked at random as 27 December was the day of Gustave Eiffel's death.
The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel. One of ...
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.
The wrought-iron 324-metre (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th cent. The Eiffel Tower was closed on Wednesday, the 100th anniversary of its creator's death, due to a ...