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The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, a distinction it retained until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York City was topped out. [102] The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the Tokyo Tower in 1958 but retains its status as the tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure in France.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, is an iconic French landmark, and it has a fascinating history. Here are 12 surprising Eiffel Tower facts you might not know.
Designer Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment cloistered away in the upper reaches of the tower. In 2016, a second (temporary) apartment was built inside the tower by vacation rental company ...
However the tallest tower is built within central Paris: the iconic Eiffel Tower standing alongside the Seine River at the heart of the 7th arrondissement. Built in 1889, it was the first man-made structure in the world to exceed 1,000 feet.
The Eiffel Tower was originally met with great criticism, dubbed “useless” and “monstrous.” It was a symbol of French power a century after the Revolution, built so high simply because it ...
Eiffel Tower in Paris, France 1887–1889 312 1,024 First structure to exceed 300 metres in height. The addition of a telecommunications tower in the 1950s brought the overall height to 330 m (1,080 ft). 1930 1
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was born in France, in the Côte-d'Or, the first child of Catherine-Mélanie (née Moneuse) and Alexandre Bonickhausen dit Eiffel. [6] He was a descendant of Marguerite Frédérique (née Lideriz) and Jean-René Bönickhausen, who had emigrated from the German town of Marmagen and settled in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century. [7]
Today marks the 125th birthday of Paris's Eiffel Tower.Erected for the 1889 World's Fair, Gustave Eiffel's controversial 324-meter structure (the tallest manmade object in the world at the time ...