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EIFFEL TOWER

It is a symbol of Paris
It is affectionately called the Iron Lady
It is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris
It was named after the engineer, Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and
built the tower
-Took 2 years, 2 months, 5 days to build
-5,300 blue prints
-18,038 parts
-Painted every 7 years to preserve the iron and
steel structure
-2,500,000 rivets
-Takes 14 months to paint from top to bottom
-Weighs 10,000 tons
-Takes 60 tons of paint
-Measures 324 meters high
-50 engineers
-125 workmen on site
-100 iron workers
-1665 steps
-Cost $1.5 million
WHY WAS THE EIFFEL TOWER BUILT?
-It was built for Worlds Fair 1889 and to celebrate the centennial of the French
Revolution.
-The tower officially opened May 5, 1889.
-The Iron Lady was the star attraction with 2 million visitors.
-It symbolizes ideals of ingenuity, progress, and beauty.
-It was the tallest structure in the world until 1930.

WHO WAS THE GENIUS BEHIND IT?

GUSTAVE EIFFEL
Born December 15, 1832, in Dijon, France
Died December 28, 1923, in Paris
An engineer, Gustave Eiffel, designed 100s of lattice-like metal structures of all
kinds and sizes:

Bridges
Viaducts
Infrastructure of The Statue of Liberty, 1876
The Eiffel Tower, 1889, his crowning achievement

TOURISM
Popularity
More than 250 million people have visited the tower since its construction in
1889: in 2012 there were 6,180,000 visitors.. The tower is the most-visited paid
monument in the world.
Restaurants

The tower has two restaurants: Le 58 tour Eiffel, on the first floors and the Le
Jules Verne, a gourmet restaurant on the second floor, with a private lift. This
restaurant has one star in the Michelin Red Guide. It is run by the multi-Michelin
star chef Alain Ducasse.