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An iron tower built on the Champ de Mars near the River Seine.
It was designed by Gustave Eiffel, and was completed in 1889 (100 years after the French Revolution).
It was originally built for the Exposition Universelle, a World Fair marking the centenary of the Revolution.
In the 20th century it was used to transmit radio signals.
An iron tower built in 1889 by French architect Gustave Eiffel as the main attraction of the universal exposition, which marked the centennial of the French Revolution. It was supposed to be torn down after a few years but it was saved by it's popularity and after it was useful as a communications tower. Now it is an iconic symbol of France. It is 324 metres high, featuring three floors. To ascend the tower, you must take the lift (Up to the first and second floors. to get to the summit, you must take a separate lift on the second floor.) or the stairs (up to the first and second floors only.)
La tour Eiffel est une tour de fer puddlé de 324 mètres de hauteur (avec antennes)o 1 située à Paris, à l’extrémité nord-ouest du parc du Champ-de-Mars en bordure de la Seine dans le 7e arrondissement. Construite par Gustave Eiffel et ses collaborateurs pour l’Exposition universelle de Paris de 1889, et initialement nommée « tour de 300 mètres », ce monument est devenu le symbole de la capitale française, et un site touristique de premier plan : il s’agit du second site culturel français payant le plus visité en 2011, avec 7,1 millions de visiteurs dont 75 % d'étrangers en 2011, la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris étant en tête des monuments à l'accès libre avec 13,6 millions de visiteurs estimés2 mais il reste le monument payant le plus visité au monde3,note 1. Elle a accueilli son 250 millionième visiteur en 2010.
D’une hauteur de 312 mètreso 1 à l’origine, la tour Eiffel est restée le monument le plus élevé du monde pendant 41 ans. Le second niveau du troisième étage, appelé parfois quatrième étage, situé à 279,11 m, est la plus haute plateforme d'observation accessible au public de l'Union européenne et la deuxième plus haute d'Europe, derrière la Tour Ostankino à Moscou culminant à 337 m. La hauteur de la tour a été plusieurs fois augmentée par l’installation de nombreuses antennes. Utilisée dans le passé pour de nombreuses expériences scientifiques, elle sert aujourd’hui d’émetteur de programmes radiophoniques et télévisés.
Taken from outside the Hilton Paris Eiffel hotel on Rue Jean Rey, looking across Avenue de Suffren and along Avenue Octave Gréard.
Eiffel Tower replica
In 1992, a 60 ft. tall replica of the Eiffel Tower was erected in the Memorial Park in Paris. The tower was constructed of "500 pieces of Douglas fir and 6,000 steel rods". The Eiffel Tower replica was donated to the City of Paris by the Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee. After deterioration to the wood structure, Keith Jackson, owner of Precision Grinding and Metals of Paris, recreated the original wood replica into a steel structure that still stands today. To accomplish the feet, PGM company constructed the tower in three sections and trailered each section to Memorial Park where it was finally erected.
Architect Gustave Eiffel created this tower for the World Exhibition of
1889. It was once widely derided by Parisians as too big and too modern. It
nearly became 7000 tons of scrap iron when its concession expired in 1909.
Only its potential use as a radio antenna saved the day. Paris, France
The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.98 million people ascended it in 2011.
The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010.
The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest human-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. Because of the addition of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres (17 ft). Not including broadcast antennae, it is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.
A souvenier miniature that i bought during my visit to Paris.
The actual Miniature is blackish grey in colour.
So tried my hand on "Light painting for the first time by lighting/painting the entire surface with a golden gelled mini torch and tried to match the golden lighting of the Eiffel Tower when it is lit during the night.
The inside again is lit with a red gelled mini torch.
Lots of Agarbattis/Incense sticks to create that foggy mystic feel.
Thanks to Photographer Shiresh R Karrale for sharing tips on light painting when I had met him at Canon Image Lounge.
A set of standard size Eiffel tower pillowcases I made for a friend as part of the Craftster April Affair swap. The patterns are all from Sublime Stitching. The Eiffel Tower, Luggage and Travel patterns are from the Bon Voyage patterns. The shoe and purse are from the Stitch-It Kit. The flourishes are from the Sublime Stitching book.
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
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