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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 Eiffel tower was evacuated on Christmas eve after a fire alarm sounded.. Visitors have been temporary barred from parts of the Paris attraction, with organisers hoping to reopen the tower ...
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 ...
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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.
One of the world’s most-visited sites, the Eiffel Tower is typically open 365 days a year — though it is occasionally affected by strikes — and is expected to play a central role in the 2024 ...
Français : Tour Eiffel dans le 7e arrondissement de Paris, France. This building is inscrit au titre des monuments historiques de la France . It is indexed in the base Mérimée , a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture , under the reference PA00088801 .
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