10 Amazing Eiffel Tower Facts
Paris would not be the city we know and love without the Eiffel Tower – the incredible iron lacework tower named after its engineer and creator Gustave Eiffel.
The Eiffel Tower was the result of a competition launched in 1886 for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the date that marked the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
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