a great-great-great-grandson of Gustave Eiffel, the engineer behind the tower. “There were very strong critics until the ...
Today, the tower has the last laugh ... On the secured open-air deck you can buy a glass of champagne and check out Gustave ...
The monument responds to seasonal temperatures, contracting a few millimeters when it's cold and expanding when it's warm.
The Eiffel Tower last closed on 27 December as workers launched a protest - again over its management - to mark the centenary of the death of the tower's creator, Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel ...
The date of their strike was not picked at random: 27 December is the centenary of the death of the tower's creator, Gustave Eiffel. A visionary French engineer and entrepreneur, Eiffel died on ...
(Bloomberg) — When the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated at the 1889 Paris Exposition, it was derided by some of the city’s leading artists as useless, monstrous and barbaric. By objective measures it was ...
The Summer Olympics may be over, but the Paris mayor doesn't want to say goodbye. To preserve the spirit of the games, she's proposed making the five Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower a permanent ...
The Summer Olympics may be over, but the Paris mayor doesn't want to say goodbye. To preserve the spirit of the games, she's proposed making the five Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower a permanent ...