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  2. 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.

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

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    The tallest structure in the City of Paris and the Île-de-France remains the Eiffel Tower in the 7th arrondissement, 330 meters high, completed in 1889 as the gateway to the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition. The tallest building in the Paris region is the Tour Link, at 242 meters, located in La Défense. It is tied for ninth place among the ...

  4. List of tallest towers - Wikipedia

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    Eiffel Tower: 330 m (1,080 ft) [4] 1889: Lattice Tower France: Paris: First to surpass 300 metres; tallest tower in the world 1889–1956 and again from 1957-1958 with the addition of its antennae. 27: Huai'an TV Tower [5] [6] 329.8 m (1,082 ft) 2015 China: Huaiyin: 28: Sky Tower (Auckland) 328 m (1,076 ft) 1997 New Zealand: Auckland

  5. Eiffel Tower Fast Facts - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. Eiffel Tower replicas and derivatives - Wikipedia

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    The original Eiffel Tower in Paris. 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.

  7. Millau Viaduct - Wikipedia

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    The P2 pier of the Viaduct is the tallest structure in France, 13 m taller than the 330-metre Eiffel Tower. Once the Ministry of Public Works had taken the decision to offer the construction and operation of the viaduct as a grant of contract, an international call for tenders was issued in 1999. Five consortia tendered: [citation needed]

  8. Trocadéro, Paris - Wikipedia

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    Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre The Fontaines de Chaillot and Eiffel Tower seen from the Place du Trocadéro. The Trocadéro (pronounced [tʁɔkadeʁo] ⓘ), site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.

  9. 7th arrondissement of Paris - Wikipedia

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    Construction of Hôtel de Salm, 1787.Paris, Musée Carnavalet. Exposition Universelle in 1889, the entrance arch is known as the Eiffel Tower. During the 17th century, French high nobility started to move from the central Marais, the then-aristocratic district of Paris where nobles used to build their urban mansions [5] (see Hotel de Soubise), to the clearer, less populated and less polluted ...

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