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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.
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 ...
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 ...
In 1921, Cocteau asked him to write the music for his ballet, Les Mariés de la tour Eiffel. He found himself short of time, so he asked his fellow composers of Les Six to contribute some music. All except Louis Durey agreed. During this time, he wrote his one-act opera Sous le masque (1927) (an earlier opera, La Reine de coeur (1919), is
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.
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 .
Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, designed by Gustave Eiffel Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel station, Metro station serving the Eiffel Tower; Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni, Moldova, designed by Gustave Eiffel; Eiffel Bridge, Láchar, Spain, built by the studio of Gustave Eiffel; Eiffel Bridge, Zrenjanin, Serbia, built by Gustave Eiffel's company
English: Pavilion of Nicaragua and base of the Eiffel Tower, Paris Exposition, 1889 Français : Pavillion du Nicaragua et pilier sud de la Tour Eiffel, Champ-de-Mars, Exposition Universelle (1889) de Paris.