Ad
related to: sold eiffel tower twice a tale of four
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Believing the sale of the Eiffel Tower would secure him a place amongst the top businessmen, Poisson agreed to pay a large bribe to secure ownership of the Eiffel Tower. However, once Lustig received his bribe and the funds for the monument's "sale" (around 70,000 francs), he soon fled to Austria. [5]
The Eiffel Tower (/ ˈ aɪ f əl / ⓘ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ⓘ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel , whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.
Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845): Scottish con man who tried to attract investment and settlers for the non-existent country of "Poyais". [2]Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756–1791): Chief conspirator in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which further tarnished the French royal family's already-poor reputation and, along with other causes, eventually led to the French Revolution.
The firm held a contest, selecting four winners to spend one night each in the apartment, with up to five guests. The names of 72 French scientists are listed on the four sides of the tower. The ...
Taylor Swift; Eiffel Tower. Taylor Swift is about to bring The Eras Tour to Paris, and the whole city appears to be ready for it.. Just days before the "Fortnight" singer kicks off the European ...
The Eiffel Tower was closed on Wednesday, the 100th anniversary of its creator's death, due to a strike, the company that oversees the tower, Societe d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE), said ...
Poet Gérard de Nerval walked his pet lobster through the streets of Paris on a leash; Crocodile hunters, in New Guinea, capture the ferocious beasts by diving beneath them and tickling their stomachs; In Paris, a conman sold the Eiffel Tower for $300,000 as scrap metal.
The famed Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated two times on Saturday due to bomb threats, according to French media BFM. The tower’s three floors as well as the courtyard below were cleared of ...