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Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel, in French), initially called Tour de 300 mètres (300Initially the
subject of controversy for some, the Eiffel Tower served as a presentation to the 1889 Paris
Exposition Universelle, and has welcomed more than 250 million visitors. since it
was inaugurated. Its exceptional size and immediately recognizable silhouette made the
tower an emblem of Paris.
Conceived in the imagination of Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, head of the study
office and head of the methods office, respectively, of the Eiffel & Co company, it was
intended to be the "nail (center of attention) of the 1889 exhibition to be held in Paris",
which would also commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. The first plan of
the tower was made in June 1884. Stephen Sauvestre, the main architect of the company's
projects, was commissioned to improve its aesthetics.
On May 1, 1886, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Édouard Lockroy, an enthusiastic
supporter of the project, signed a decree declaring open "a support for the Universal
Exhibition of 1889". Gustave Eiffel won this financial support and signed an agreement on
January 8, 1887 that fixed the modalities of construction of the building.
meter tower) is a puddled iron structure initially designed by civil engineers Maurice
Koechlin and Émile Nouguier and built, after the aesthetic redesign of Stephen Sauvestre,
by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel and his collaborators for the Universal Exhibition
of 1889 in Paris.
Located at the end of the Champ de Mars on the banks of the Seine River,
this Parisian monument, symbol of France and its capital, is the tallest structure in the city
and the most visited tourist monument in the world, with 7.1 million tourists each year. With
a height of 300 meters, later extended with an antenna to 324 meters, the Eiffel Tower was
the tallest structure in the world for 41 years. It is the most visited paid monument in the
world.
It was built in two years, two months and five days, and at the time generated some
controversy among the artists of the time, who saw it as an iron monster. After ending its
function as part of the Universal Exhibitions of 1889 and 1900, it was used in tests of the
French army with communication antennas, And today it serves, in addition to tourist
attraction, as a radio and television broadcaster. On March 15, 2022, the radio antenna
was replaced with the help of a helicopter, going from 324 to 330 m in total height.