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Creator: Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923
Date: 1887-1889
Current location: Paris, France
Description of work: General view, showing marquis, Eiffel Tower, Paris. photo J. Cohen, 1978
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Culture: French
Source: Society of Architectural Historians, Image Exchange (http://www.sah.org/imagex.html); Photographer: Cohen, Jeffrey A., 1952-
Resource type: image
File format: JPG
Image size: 440x287 pixels
Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightssah.htm
Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: 06010g.jpg
Record ID: WB2742
Sub collection: monuments
fairgrounds
I took this shot from a moving bus, I quite like the results. Eiffel Tower, Paris.
I shot a lot of Paris in sepia, it just seemed to fit the miserable and grey weather.
The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, nickname La dame de fer, the iron lady) is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris[10] and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.
The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. Upon its completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930; however, due to the addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France after the 2004 Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.
The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.
The Eiffel Tower.
Paris - Champ de Mars.
Gustave Eiffel.
For more information see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower.
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The structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle, a World's Fair marking the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. Three hundred workers joined together 18,038 pieces of puddled iron (a very pure form of structural iron), using two and a half million rivets, in a structural design by Maurice Koechlin. The co-architects of the Eiffel Tower were Emile Nouguier, Maurice Koechlin and Stephen Sauvestre.[11] The risk of accident was great, for unlike modern skyscrapers the tower is an open frame without any intermediate floors except the two platforms. However, because Eiffel took safety precautions, including the use of movable stagings, guard-rails and screens, only one man died. The tower was inaugurated on 31 March 1889, and opened on 6 May.
Designed and built in 1889 by Gustav Eiffel (1832-1923), the Eiffel Tower was a gateway to the 1889 World's Fair.
The tower stands 320m high, making it the tallest structure in Paris.
Taken in the 7eme Arrondissement (Rive Gauche).