The monument responds to seasonal temperatures, contracting a few millimeters when it's cold and expanding when it's warm.

Paris is to unveil its newly built perimeter defences around the Eiffel Tower to ... by 3.24m (10.6ft) high metal barriers, exactly one-hundredth the height of the tower. To prevent vehicle ...

The small metal replicas are sold for as little as five for one euro at tourist hotspots like the Louvre museum and outside the real Eiffel Tower. More than 1,000 boxes containing the pointy ...