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Last looks at the Eiffel Tower on our way to the Metro and back to the hotel.
The Eiffel Tower is named after engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it is now the most-visited paid monument in the world, with more than 7 million people annually attending. The tower, the tallest structure in Paris, is 1,063 feet tall, and its square base measures 410 feet on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Excluding transmitters installed in 1957, the Eiffel Tower is the second tallest free-standing structure in France after the Millau Viaduct. The tower has three levels for visitors. The top level's upper platform is 906 feet above the ground, the highest observation deck accessible to the public in the European Union.
The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel) is one of the most recognized structures in the world. 6,719,200 people visited the tower in 2006. 240 million have visited since its construction. Including the 24m (79 antenna), the structure is 324 m (1,063 ft) high, is equivalent to about 81 levels in a conventional building, making it the tallest structure in Paris. When inauguarated on March 31, 1889, it replaced the Washington Monument as the as the world's tallest structure--a title it retained until 1930 when New York City's Chrysler Building was completed. Despite its delicate appearance, the Eiffel Tower weighs 7,300 tons. Constructed of 18,038 joined pieces of puddled irons and 2.5 million rivets provided from the forging mills and factories of Pompey Fould-Dupont, it never sways more than 6-7 cm in the wind. Depending on the ambient temperature, the top of the tower may shift away from the sun by up to 18 cm (7 in) due to thermal expansion.
The Tower was built to the design of Gustave Eiffel, under engineers Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier and architect Stepehen Sauvestre, over 2 years, 2 months and 5 days between 1887 and 1889, as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle of 1889 on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine. Eiffel's design was initially met with restistance by the public, who accused him, alternatively, of putting artistic ambition ahead of engineering and ignoring artistic ambition. Today, it is recognized as one of the finer pieces of structural art in the world, but its shape was actually dictated by mathematical deference to wind resistance. Eiffel had a permit for it to stand for 20 years, when ownership would revert back to the City of Paris, who planned to tear it down. Proving invaluable for communication purposes, however, it was allowed to stand beyond the permit's expiration.
Visitors may climb 328 stairs or take an elevator 57.63 meters to the first floor, and then another 340 steps or elevator 115.73 meters to the second floor. The third floor upper observation platform, at a height of 276.13 meters, is approachable by elevator. The passenger lifts from ground level to the first level are operated by cables and pulleys driven by massive water-powered pistons. As they ascend the inclined arc of the legs, the elevator cabins tilt slightly, but with a slight jolt, every few seconds in order to keep the floor nearly level. The tower has two restaurants: Altitude 95, on the first floor; and the more expensive Alain Ducasse-run Jules Verne, on the second floor.
Over the years, the tower has been used for myriad communication, symbolic and scientific purposes. In 1910, Father Theodor Wulf took observations of radiant energy at the top and bottom of the tower, discovering at the top more than was expected, and thereby detecting what are today known as cosmic rays. In 1914, the military used the tower to dispatch Parisian taxis to the front line during the First Battle of the Marne. From 1925 to 1934, illuminated signs for Citroën adorned three of the tower's four sides, making it the tallest advertising space in the world at the time. In 2000, flashing lights and four high-power searchlights were installed on the tower. Since then the light show has become a nightly event.
This was taken exclusively with the D90 and the f1.8 35mm lens. I did not always have the best focus or exposure. The camera does not make it easy and requires very careful setup for good video.
I had fun making this anyway!
La Torre Eiffel (Tour Eiffel, en francés), inicialmente nombrada torre de 330 metros (tour de 330 mètres), es una estructura de hierro pudelado diseñada por el ingeniero francés Gustave Eiffel y sus colaboradores para la Exposición universal de 1889 en París.
Situada en el extremo del Campo de Marte a la orilla del río Sena, este monumento parisiense, símbolo de Francia y su capital, fue el noveno lugar más visitado del país en 2006 y el monumento más visitado del mundo con 6.893.000 de visitantes en 2007.2 Con una altura de 300 metros, prolongada más tarde con una antena a 325 metros, la Torre Eiffel fue la estructura más elevada del mundo durante más de 40 años, hasta que la superó el edificio Chrysler, de Nueva York, en 1930.
Fue construida en dos años, dos meses y cinco días en controversia con los artistas de la época, que la veían como un monstruo de hierro.3 Inicialmente utilizada para pruebas del ejército con antenas de comunicación,4 hoy sirve, además de atractivo turístico, como emisora de programas radiofónicos y televisivos.
The Eiffel Tower Constructed from 1887–89 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design,
but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world.
Eiffel tower at night, during the 5 minute light show they have.
Long exposure shot.
I'm sorry for it not being completely straight but I didn't have a tripod, I had to use what was around me.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city. With the
tourist crowds below the tower.
The Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel) is a 19th century iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower, which is the tallest building in Paris, is the single most visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair.
Paris, France '09