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EIFFEL TOWER

The Eiffel Tower was built between 1887 and 1889 to


celebrate the World's Fair that commemorated the 100th
anniversary of the French Revolution. It was opened to
visitors on May 6, 1889.

The Eiffel Tower is an iron structure built by the french


engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 universal
exhibition in Paris. It is located in the Sena river bank in
Paris and is the tallest monument of the city.
It took two years, two months and five days to build the
Eiffel tower and they have to paint the tower. The
maintenance of the tower includes the application of 60 tons
of paint every seven years to avoid rusting.

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