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NAME
Eiffel Tower
OTHER NAMES
Eiffel Tower
COUNTRY
France
ADDRESS
Paris, France.
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About Eiffel Tower
It is a wrought-iron lattice tower made in the period of 1887 to 1889.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Eiffel Tower
- An important fact that the visitors must know that it was named after an engineer Gustave Eiffel whose company designed and built it. Although Eiffel is credited with designing it is not true as it was the work of Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier.
- At first, it was criticized by various French artists and intellectuals, but later on, it became their cultural icon.
- It is the tallest structure in Paris with a height equals to an 81-storey building.
- Very few people know that there is a secret apartment at the top of the tower.
- Initially, it was made to demolish after twenty years but there was a radio antenna and wireless telegraph transmitter in the Tower that's why French government decided to keep the tower. Also, Hitler wanted to destroy the tower and ordered to torn down after occupying France at the time of the second World War but the order was never followed.
- It was designed by the same company who designed the Statue of Liberty.
- There is a post office and a scientific laboratory in the tower. Also, there is a military bunker under the tower.
- It is not easy job for the French government to maintain its beauty as it requires about 60 tons of paint every seven years so that the tower looks good and is safe from rusting.
- Do you know the fact that the Tower moves with the wind and it also expands and contract up to seven inches due to the heat of the sun.
- It is a funny fact about the tower that it also has a wife. Yes its true an American lady Erika Aya married the Tower in 2007.
- Before going to visit Paris, you must know about the fact that it is not legal to photograph the tower at night as it is an artwork of the French government and has a copyright.
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