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2. Philippe Petit - Wikipedia

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   Tour Eiffel: Paris, France Spectacular walk – for an audience of 250,000 – on an inclined 700-metre (2,300-foot) cable linking the Palais de Chaillot with the second story of the Eiffel Tower, commemorating the French Bicentennial and anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, under Parisian Mayor Jacques Chirac ...

3. Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia

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   The Eiffel Tower (/ ˈaɪfəl / ⓘ 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. Locally nicknamed " La dame de fer " (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed ...

4. Paris-Versailles Race - Wikipedia

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   The Paris-Versailles Race (Course Paris-Versailles, also known as La Grande Classique) is a pedestrian race that takes place between Paris and Versailles in France, every year on the last Sunday morning of September. Organized by Paris-Versailles Association, it takes place on a course of 16 km, from the foot of the Eiffel Tower to the Palace ...

5. Is the Eiffel Tower the most famous structure in the world? - AOL

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   That meant staging a 3.5 mile, 85-boat flotilla of athletes down the Seine River that would conclude, of course, at the base of the Eiffel Tower. The 1,083-foot structure was originally designed ...

6. Tower running - Wikipedia

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   Tower running. Tower running is a sport which involves running up tall man-made structures. Usually the races take place on the internal staircases of skyscrapers, but the term can cover any foot race which involves a course that ascends a man-made structure. Tower running races often take place at the world's tallest structures, including ...

7. Eiffel family leads campaign to remove Olympic rings from ...

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   Eiffel Tower designer’s family to fight plan to keep Olympic rings. 01:06. PARIS — There are few sights more iconic than the Eiffel Tower and the Olympic rings. But not everyone agrees they ...