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2. Eiffel Tower Fast Facts - AOL

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   Timeline Construction: 1887-1889 (2 years, 2 months and 5 days). 1889 - The tower opens during the Universal Exposition, a fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

3. Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia

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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.

4. The Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after a 6-day ... - AOL

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   The Eiffel Tower is typically open 365 days a year. Last year, the monument was closed to visitors for 10 days during massive protests across France against the government’s plan to reform the ...

5. The Eiffel Tower is closed while workers strike on the 100th ...

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   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 ...

6. Culture of Paris - Wikipedia

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   The Eiffel Tower, by far Paris' most famous monument, averages over six million visitors per year and more than 200 million since its construction. Modern landmarks of Paris architecture include the Centre Georges Pompidou , which officially opened on 31 January 1977, and the Louvre Pyramid designed by I. M. Pei , completed in 1989.

7. List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region

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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.

8. Eiffel Tower ticket prices to rise by 20% to help cover ... - AOL

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   The same ticket for children aged between 12 and 14 years old will cost €17.70 ($19.21) and the price for children between four and 11 years old to reach the tower’s summit will be €8.90 ($9 ...

9. Exposition Universelle (1889) - Wikipedia

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   This corridor, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, also featured a display called "The History of Human Habitation", with model houses depicting the history of domestic architecture, designed with much imagination by Charles Garnier, architect of the Paris Opera. There were twenty-two different entrances to the exposition, around its perimeter.