Eiffel Tower
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Paris romanceAccording to a survey the Eiffel tower is the most photographed place on earth. PARIS - Looking across the rooftops of Paris through a mist of red geraniums, I was enchanted by the view of the Eiffel Tower. Nightly, 20,000 flash bulbs... In this article: Paris, River Seine, Arc de Triomph, Champs Elysees, Grigori Rasputin, Prince Felix, Eiffel Tower, Shortbread, and Chocolate cake |
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Chicago Tribune | 1 day ago
Savvy travelers skip Europe's subways
...it still gets you where you want to go, for cheap. One of my favorite experiences in Paris is a ride on bus No. 69. Running from the Eiffel Tower to Pere Lachaise Cemetery (the sleeping quarters of Jim Morrison), this bus takes you...
In this article: Europe, Paris, Lisbon, Madrid, Les Invalides, Rice-A-Roni, Boule, and Dog
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Wetpaint | 1 day ago
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...teams rushed to the airport to try and find tickets on a flight to Paris, France. Upon arrival in Paris all the teams set off for the Eiffel Tower where they encountered a roadblock requiring someone to climb up the tower to search for the...
In this article: Paris, Zambezi River, and Botswana
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Guardian | 1 day ago
Travel news in brief
...people to dial 999 on an emergency phone with only three buttons, marked 1, 2 and 3. Paris, je t'aime With hardly a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower, a promotional video from the Paris tourist board is attracting attention on the web -...
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Wetpaint | 1 day ago
Season 1 Race Summary
...animals. In Far teams had to travel to Botswana to photograph one easy to find elephant. In this roadblock one team member had to climb up the Eiffel Tower and search for the pit stop using a telescope. In this leg's fast forward the team that...
In this article: Johannesburg, Johannesburg International Airport, Paris, New York City, Ostrich, South Africa, Livingstone, Zambia, and Charles de Gaulle International Airport
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
Turning green would cure our icon envy
...the world now has a monumental erection, and I still can't confidently place any of them, except the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower. We also tried the ''strange'' option with Federation Square, but buildings that look like...
In this article: Melbourne, Crocodile, McDonald's, and Eureka Tower
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thestar.com | 2 days ago
A big bang heard around the globe
...sift this split-second blizzard of data. Called the ATLAS particle detector, it weighs 7,000 tonnes and contains as much steel as the Eiffel tower. Most of the assembly of a critical part of the detector, called "end caps," was completed...
In this article: CERN, Big Bang, Geneva, Boson, Speed of light, Electron, and University of Toronto
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Kansas City Star | 3 days ago
‘Paris': An episodic delight 3 stars
...shop. </p><p>Klapisch’s camera seems to be everywhere — the Metro, on a runway fashion show, in the streets and parks, atop the Eiffel Tower and in cozy cafes. Pierre’s balcony even overlooks one of those spectacular old...
In this article: Paris, Romain Duris, Melanie Laurent, Heart failure, Francois Cluzet, Juliette Binoche, Albert Dupontel, and Fabrice Luchini
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 3 days ago
A changing France set to celebrate a durable symbol
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING PARIS - Ascending and descending the Eiffel Tower the other day, it seemed a fitting moment to reflect on what a nation's soaring prestigious attractions say about the country and the people...
In this article: Paris, France, Gustave Eiffel, Statue of Liberty, Europe, London, Nationalism, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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boston.com - Latest theater and arts news | 3 days ago
Bohemian atmosphere was artist’s forte
...CafA©-Concert. '' (Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts) Paris, the 1890s. Electricity had just lighted up the Paris World's Fair. The Eiffel Tower was brand new. And in the artists' neighborhood of Montmartre, dancers kicked up their...
In this article: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Yvette Guilbert, Jane Avril, Pablo Picasso, Paris, Aristide Bruant, Ruffles, and Absinthe
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Independent.ie | November 18, 2009
We played like lions, but South Africa will miss a hell of a guest
...for the trip to the top of this most iconic of landmarks, the Irish fans sang "It used to be French, now it's Irish, the Eiffel Tower, the Eiffel Tower." "The biggest of nights" read the headline in French sports newspaper ''L'Equipe,...
In this article: Ireland, South Africa, Damian Duff, Croke Park, Stade de France, Paris, Coke, God, and FIFA
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The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel, ) is an iron tower built during 1887-1889 on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris.
More than people have visited the tower since its construction in 1889, including in 2006, making it the most visited paid monument in the world. Including the 24 m antenna, the structure is 324 m high (since 2000), which is equivalent to about 81 levels in a conventional building.
At the time of completion in 1889, it was the world's tallest tower — a title it retained until 1930 when New York City's Chrysler Building (319 m — ft tall) was completed. The tower is now the fifth-tallest structure in France and the tallest structure in Paris, with the second-tallest being the Tour Montparnasse (210 m, 689 ft). The Tour AXA will be taller still after renovation ( m, ft), but it is not actually within Paris, being in the nearby suburb of La Défense.
- Name:
- Eiffel Tower
- Architect:
- Gustave Eiffel
- Built:
- 1887 – 1889
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