It has become the literal symbol of Paris and France, and one of the wonders of the contemporary world. The Eiffel Tower is ...

The Eiffel Tower — aka la Tour Eiffel — has long been one of the world's most recognizable landmarks, symbolizing the romance and charm of the City of Light. Designed as the centerpiece of the 1889 ...

a great-great-great-grandson of Gustave Eiffel, the engineer behind the tower. “There were very strong critics until the ...

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 ...

That’s half as high as the Eiffel Tower! Gustave Eiffel's tremendous success with the Garabit Viaduct, and later with the framework of the Statue of Liberty and Paris' Eiffel Tower, earned him ...

Gustave Eiffel, whose name will always be associated with the gigantic tower named after him and built by him in Paris in 1889. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was born on December 15,1832, and 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 ...