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The Tower at sunrise. Tower from base. The Eiffel Tower (pronounced eifel tower /'aifəl'taʊɚ/; French: La Tour Eiffel, pronounced /'tɜ:'aifel/) is an iron tower built on the Champ de effel tower Mars beside the River Seine in Paris. It is the tallest structure in Paris and among eiffeltower the most recognized symbols in the world. eiffell tower Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier eiffal tower tourist destination. Contents 1 Statistics 2 Background 3 Installations 4 Events 5 The elffel tower 72 names 6 Image eiffel towwer copyright claims 7 Location 8 Access 9 Gallery 10 In eiffl tower eiffel twer pop culture 11 Similar Towers and Reproductions 11.1 Similar Towers (not scale models) 11.2 Reproductions 11.3 Scale eiffel tiwer models 12 See eiffel toer also 13 Notes 14 References 15 External eiffle tower links Statistics The Eiffel Tower in ieffel tower 1945. eifffel tower View southeast from the tower, down the Champ de Mars, with the eiffel twoer Tour Montparnasse (Montparnasse Tower) in the distance and Les Invalides on the far eiffel towre left The tower stands 300 m (1000 ft) high, which is about 75 stories. Including the 20.75 m (70 ft) antenna, the eiffel toweer structure is 320.75 m (1070 ft) high which is about 81 stories. eifle tower At the time of its construction in 1889, the tower effiel tower replaced the Washington Monument as the tallest structure in the world, a title ifle tower it retained until 1930, when New York City's Chrysler Building (319 m/1063.33 ft tall) was completed effile tower (although the tower was still taller if the respective spires of the eifell tower two structures were excluded). The tower is effil tower the second-highest structure in France, after the 350 m Allouis longwave transmitter, built in 1939. The Eiffel tower is the highest structure in Paris. ifill tower The second-highest structure in Paris is efil tower the Tour Montparnasse (Montparnasse Tower), at 210 m. The metal structure of the Eiffel Tower weighs 7,300 efile tower tonnes, and the total weight is 10,100 tonnes. The number of steps to the summit has varied over the ifal tower history of the tower, through various renovations: iffle tower at the time of construction in 1889, there were 1710 steps to the summit platform at 300.65 m; after eiffel tower renovation in the early 1980s, there were 1920 the eiffel tower steps; and today there are 1665 steps (although it is history of the eiffel tower not possible for the public to reach the summit via the stairs—elevators are required how tall is the eiffel tower beyond the second platform). Depending on the ambient temperature, the top of the eiffel tower vases tower may shift away from the sun by up to 8 cm (3.25 inches), due to expansion of pictures of the eiffel tower the metal on the side facing the sun. Maintenance of the tower includes applying facts about the eiffel tower 50/60 tonnes of three graded tones of eiffel tower facts paint every seven years to protect it from rust. On occasion, the eiffel tower pictures colour of the paint is changed — the tower is currently painted a shade built eiffel tower of brownish-gray. On the first floor, there are interactive consoles hosting a poll for eiffel tower cam the colour to use for a future session eiffel tower cake of painting. Background Eiffel Tower under construction in July 1888. The structure was built between premade myspace layout eiffel tower black and white 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle, a eiffel tower paris World's Fair marking the centennial celebration of the French Revolution. It is located at geographic coordinates 48°51′29″N, 2°17′40″E. The chocolate eiffel tower eiffel tower height tower was inaugurated on 31 March 1889, and opened on 6 May. Three hundred workers joined together 18,038 eiffel tower clip art pieces of puddled iron (a very pure form of structural iron), using three and a half million rivets, eiffel tower history in a paris eiffel tower lamp structural design by Maurice Koechlin. The risk of accident was great, for unlike bed comforters eiffel tower modern skyscrapers the tower is an open frame without any intermediate floors except the two platforms. Yet black and white + eiffel tower because Eiffel took good care of his workers with movable stagings, guard-rails and divatex eiffel tower jersey sheets screens, only one man died, during the installation of Otis Elevator's lifts. The tower was eiffel tower drawing met with resistance from the public eiffel tower at night when it was built, with many calling it an eyesore (Novelist Guy de Maupassant ate at a restaurant at the tower regularly, because it was the paris eiffel tower one place in Paris he was sure he perfume bottle eiffel tower charm on top wouldn't see it). Today, it is widely considered to be a striking piece of structural art. One of cartoon eiffel tower the great Hollywood movie drawing of the eiffel tower clichés is that the view from a Parisian window always includes eiffel tower candle holder the tower. In reality, since zoning restrictions limit the height of most buildings in Paris to a few stories, only the very few eiffel tower clipart taller buildings have a clear view of the tower. Originally, Eiffel had a permit eiffel tower replica for the eiffel tower restaurant las vegas tower to stand for 20 years (when ownership of it would revert to the City of Paris, who where is the eiffel tower located had originally planned to tear it down; part of the eiffel tower black and white original contest rules for designing a tower was that it could be easily torn down), more than recouping eiffel tower cell phone covers his expenses, but as it later proved valuable for communication purposes, it was allowed to remain after eiffel tower comforter the expiry of the permit. The military used it to dispatch Parisian taxis to eiffel tower decor the front line of eiffel tower lamp the Marne, and it therefore became a victory statue of that battle. eiffel tower replicas It was also used to catch the infamous "Mata Hari", and after this, eiffel tower shirt its demolition became unthinkable to the French population. Installations The lace-like eiffel tower stitch pattern iron detailing. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the tower has been used career test living in squalor by the eiffel tower for radio transmission. Until the 1950s, an occasionally modified crystal eiffel tower business card holder silver pen set of antenna wires ran from the summit to anchors on the eiffel tower bedspreads Avenue de Suffren and Champ de Mars. They were connected to long-wave eiffel tower embroidery pattern transmitters in small bunkers; in 1909, a permanent underground radio center was built eiffel tower vase flower arrangement near the south pillar and still exists today. Since 1957, the tower has been used for picture of the eiffel tower transmission of FM radio and television. The tower has two restaurants: Altitude 95, on the first floor (95 m above tin eiffel tower sea level); and the black and white eiffel tower Jules Verne, an expensive gastronomical restaurant on the second floor, with a private elevator. This restaurant has one star casa vinicola eiffel tower wine decanter in the Michelin Red Guide. Events Looking down from the top observation eiffel tower art deck. Father Theodor Wulf in 1910 took observations of eiffel tower coloring pages radiant energy radiating at the top and bottom of the tower, discovering at the top more than was expected, eiffel tower table lamp and thereby detecting what are eiffel tower web cam today known as cosmic rays. In 1925, the con artist Victor Lustig twice "sold" the tower where is the eiffel tower for scrap. The Eiffel Tower served as a billboard for Citroën from distance from paris nord to eiffel tower 1925 to 1934. In 1930, the tower lost the title of the world's tallest structure eiffel tower artwork when the Chrysler Building was eiffel tower in paris completed in New York City. From 1925 to 1934, illuminated signs eiffel tower lesson plan for Citroën adorned three of the tower's four sides, making it the eiffel tower lessons tallest billboard in the world at the time. Upon the Nazi occupation of Paris in eiffel tower limoge 1940, the lift cables were cut by the French so that Hitler would have to climb the steps to the summit. The parts to eiffel tower mp3 repair eiffel tower shower curtains them were allegedly impossible to obtain because of the war, though they were working again within hours of the departure eiffel tower wallpaper of the Nazis. Soldiers had to climb plastic eiffel tower all the way to the top to hoist the swastika from the top, but the flag was so large eiffel tower + engineer it blew away just a few hours later, and they eiffel tower + trocadero had to go back up again with a smaller eiffel tower clip art free one. Hitler chose to stay on the ground. A Frenchman scaled the tower during the German occupation to hang the French flag. In eiffel tower las vegas August 1944, when the Allies were nearing Paris, Hitler ordered eiffel tower paris france General Dietrich von Choltitz, the military governor of Paris, eiffel tower picshers to demolish the tower along with the rest of the city. He disobeyed the eiffel tower restaurant order. On 3 January 1956, a fire damaged the top eiffel tower tattoo of the tower. In 1959 the present radio antenna was added to the top. In the 1980s an old restaurant and free embroidery designs eiffel tower its supporting iron scaffolding midway up the tower was dismantled; it was purchased height of the eiffel tower and reconstructed in New Orleans, Louisiana, originally as the pinhole photos of eiffel tower Tour Eiffel Restaurant, known more recently as the Red Room. In 2000, flashing lights and four high-power searchlights were restaurant eiffel tower paris installed on the tower. Since then the light show has become a nightly event. The searchlights what to see around the eiffel tower on top of the tower make it a beacon in Paris' night sky. The tower 2 bedroom apartment near the eiffel tower in paris france received its 200,000,000th guest on 28 November 2002. At 7:20 p.m. around the eiffel tower on 22 July 2003, a fire occurred at copper eiffel tower cutter the top of the tower in the broadcasting equipment room. The entire tower was evacuated; the fire was extinguished after eiffel tower and paris 40 minutes, and there were eiffel tower cartoon no reports of injuries. Since 2004 the Eiffel Tower hosts an ice skating rank eiffel tower gifts on the first floor during the winter period. The skating is free eiffel tower handbag and it offers a terrific view of southern Paris. The 72 names Main article: The 72 names on the Eiffel eiffel tower in france Tower On the Eiffel Tower, seventy eiffel tower in paris, france two names of French scientists, engineers and some other notable people are eiffel tower las vegas wedding engraved in recognition of their contributions by Gustave Eiffel. This engraving was painted eiffel tower lesson plans over at the beginning of the twentieth century and restored in 1986-1987 by Société Nouvelle eiffel tower photos d'exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, a company contracted to operate business related eiffel tower position to the Tower. The Tower is owned by the city of Paris. Image copyright eiffel tower print claims The tower and gardens. Images of eiffel tower prom decorations the tower have long been in the public domain; however, in 2003 SNTE eiffel tower vase installed a new lighting display on the tower. The effect was to put any night-time image of the tower and its eiffel tower votive holder lighting display under copyright. As a result, it factfile on the eiffel tower was no longer legal to publish contemporary photographs of the tower at night without permission in some countries.[1] The imposition of copyright how many triangles are in the eiffel tower has been controversial. The Director of Documentation for SNTE, Stéphane Dieu, commented in January 2005, "It is how much does the eiffel tower weigh really just a way to manage commercial use of the image, so that it isn't how tall is the eiffel tower at kings island used in ways we don't approve." However, it also potentially has the effect of prohibiting information on why the eiffel tower was built tourist photographs of the tower at night from being published[2] as iron silhouette eiffel tower well as marc chagall painting with eiffel tower hindering non profit and semi-commercial publication of images of the tower. In a picture of eiffel tower recent decision, the Court of Cassation ruled that copyright could not be claimed over images including a copyrighted pictures of eiffel tower building if the photograph encompassed a larger area. This seems to indicate that SNTE cannot claim copyright the eiffel tower absolute location on photographs of Paris incorporating the lit wire eiffel tower tower. Location Satellite view of the Eiffel Tower (Google Maps) Street map 3d puzzle eiffel tower of the Eiffel Tower's location (GlobalGuide) Access ___ get off at metro stations: Trocadéro or Bir-Hakeim. RER: Champs-de-Mars — Tour-Eiffel designer cat collars with eiffel tower (C) Gallery Paris seen from eiffel tower + city the Arc de Triomphe with the Eiffel Tower to the right. Also looking down from the top, but, this time, from the highest eiffel tower chocolate molds platform. View from beneath the Eiffel Tower View to the northwest from the tower, across the River Seine, showing the Trocadéro gardens and the Palais de eiffel tower decorations Chaillot. A pleasure boat cruises on eiffel tower jar the river. The Eiffel Tower is made from 18,038 pieces eiffel tower jigsaw puzzle of puddled iron. The Eiffel Tower Restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada The replica found at Paramount's Kings Island near eiffel tower photo Cincinnati, Ohio. View of Paris from inside the eiffel tower picture Eiffel Tower The tower facts on the eiffel tower struck by lightning in 1902. In pop culture Main article: Eiffel Tower in pop culture As a globally recognizable landmark the Eiffel free eiffel tower clipart Tower is featured in many popular mediums including movies, videogames, and books. Similar Towers paris, eiffel tower and Reproductions Similar Towers (not scale models) The Tour métallique pictures of lightning striking the eiffel tower de Fourvière in Lyon In order of decreasing height: Kiev TV Tower, Kiev, Ukraine — At 385 m, the world's tallest lattice what year was the eiffel tower finished tower, with no observation deck for visitors. Riga Radio what year was the eiffel tower made in and TV Tower, Riga, Latvia — 368.5 m when was the eiffel tower built concrete tower on three legs. Dragon Tower, Harbin — a 336 metre high lattice tower at Harbin, China. Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan — 9 m cartoon eiffel towers higher than the original (33 m if the TV crystal eiffel tower antenna is included). Yerevan TV Tower, Yerevan, Armenia — eiffel europe france paris tower travel 311.7 m high lattice tower built from 1974 to 1977. St. Petersburg TV Tower, St. Petersburg, Russia — 310 m lattice tower without observation deck. Star Tower, Cincinnati, eiffel tower accessories Ohio — 291.4 m transmission tower, without observation deck. Qingdao TV eiffel tower animated picture Tower, China — 232 m TV tower with observation deck. Crystal Palace Transmitter, London, eiffel tower bedding England — 222 m TV tower without observation deck, nicknamed London's Eiffel Tower. Brasilia TV eiffel tower bedroom sets Tower, Brasilia, Brazil — 218 m lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 75 m. Guangzhou TV eiffel tower cartoon image Tower, Guangzhou, China — A 217 metre high TV eiffel tower designer tower of lattice steel. Guangdong TV Tower, Guangdong, China — A 200 metre high TV tower of lattice steel. Nagoya TV Tower, Nagoya, eiffel tower figurine Japan — 180 m Odinstårnet, Odense, Denmark — A 177 metre high lattice tower, destroyed in eiffel tower hitler 1944 The Spire The eiffel tower ibm commercial Arts Centre (Melbourne), Melbourne Australia - built in 1996 at a height of 163 m and is illuminated with roughly eiffel tower information 6,600 metres (21,653 feet) of optic fibre tubing, 150 metres (492 feet) of neon tubing eiffel tower light on the mast and eiffel tower location 14,000 incandescent lamps on the spire's skirt. The metal webbing of the spire is also influenced by the billowing of a eiffel tower paintings ballerina's tutu. Blackpool Tower, eiffel tower pics Blackpool, England — 158 m (519 ft); it is not quite a free-standing eiffel tower poster structure as it stands above the Tower Circus complex, where the four "legs" can eiffel tower posters be seen. Mesquite Tower, Mesquite, Texas — 155.3 m transmission tower, without observation deck. Croydon Transmitter — A 152 metre high transmission eiffel tower restaurants tower in London, without observation deck Radio Tower Berlin, Berlin, Germany — 150 m transmission tower with observation deck. Sometimes nicknamed eiffel tower ticket as a copy of the Eiffel Tower, although the two eiffel tower wall decorations structures are not too similar. eiffel towers location The Radio Tower Berlin is the only observation tower whose feet are insulated from free eiffel tower myspace layouts the ground. Sapporo TV Tower, Sapporo, Japan — 147 m. Beppu Tower, Beppu, Japan — 100 m, [1]. Zendstation Zwollerkerspel — 90 m high radio tower. Tour métallique free photo eiffel tower de Fourvière, Lyon, France french tourism eiffel tower — 85.7 m lattice tower built from 1892 to 1894. Used until 1953 as an observation tower, lot 3 eiffel tower paris france wall plaque picture but is now a TV tower closed to visitors. Torre del match stick eiffel tower craft plans Reformador, Guatemala City, Guatemala — 75 m. Brookmans Park Transmitter — two 60.96 metre high robert barnes eiffel tower lattice towers, insulated against ground Petřínská rozhledna, Prague, Czech Republic — 60 m, built in 1891. Watkin's Tower, Wembley Park, London, England — never completed, demolished in sketch of the eiffel tower 1907. Joseph's Cross, Stollberg/Harz, Germany — the eiffel tower has how many rivets 38 m observation tower in form of a double cross. Lemberg Tower, Lemberg Mountain, Germany — 33 m observation tower of lattice toothpick eiffel tower steel, built in 1899 Tour du Belvédère — tour eiffel tower a small observation tower in Mulhouse, Alsace, France. Woodwards Building, Vancouver, Canada — A using popsicle sticks to build the eiffel tower small reproduction on the roof of the building is topped by a signature neon "W". This who built the eiffel tower building is being converted into social housing. [2] Reproductions In order of decreasing height: In front of the a kids report on the eiffel tower Paris Las Vegas hotel/casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada, near adolf hitler under the eiffel tower Las Vegas, Nevada — 165 m (540 ft, scale 1:2). 36°6′45″N, 115°10′20″W Shenzhen, China — animated eiffel tower ~100 m (~328 ft, scale 1:3) 22°32′13.33″N, 113°58′9.51″E Paramount's Kings art clip of eiffel tower Island, Ohio — build a scale model of the eiffel tower ~100 m (~328 ft, scale 1:3) 39°20′36″N, 84°16′1″W Paramount's Kings Dominion, Virginia — 84 m (275 ft, scale 1:3.59) For some build eiffel tower reason, this particular reproduction is painted to cigarette lighter of eiffel tower look like the Tokyo Tower. Slobozia, Romania — 54 m (177 ft) In Parizh, Chelyabinsk clipart eiffel tower Oblast, Nagaybaksky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Built by South Ural Cell Telephone company as a cellphone completion of eiffel tower tower. — 50 m (164 ft) Fayetteville, North Carolina The cost of admission for the eiffel tower in paris Bordeaux Tower is about 150 feet featuring an elevator that takes people to the top for a decorative eiffel tower accents small view. 35°1′48.90″N, 78°55′50.70″W Walt Disney World's Epcot eiffel tower + gustave eiffel theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida (at the France Pavilion in World eiffel tower - sene cruise - moulin rouge tour Showcase) — 23 m (76 ft, scale 1:13) (information) Paris, Texas — 20 m (65 ft) As a eiffel tower animation pictures Meccano model, housed at the Technology Museum of Georgia (Atlanta, Georgia). — eiffel tower at kings island 11 m (36 ft) [3] On the roof of the catering company Rungis Express in Meckenheim, Germany -(height unknown) Centerpiece of eiffel tower cartoons the Falconcity of Wonders, a planned new development eiffel tower christmas traditions project in Dubai. UAE, featuring seven modern wonders eiffel tower commercial of the world (planned). [4] Model in Paris, Tennessee, about 25 eiffel tower fan pull feet (7.6 m) tall. Model on the roof of the Rue De Paris cafe in Brisbane, Australia — (roughly 12 m tall) Model in indoor eiffel tower fashion theme park in Genting Highlands, Malaysia In Austin, Texas there is a 24 ft. tall replica. Scale models The Heller eiffel tower gift shop company sells an unassembled 1:650 scale plastic model of the Tower eiffel tower home furnishings under reference 81201; it is about 49 cm (19 inches) tall when eiffel tower images assembled. Paper scale model by Paperlandmarks is 36 cm (14 inches) tall when assembled. See also World's tallest free standing structure on land Notes ^ In the United States, for example, 17 USC 120(a) explicitly permits the eiffel tower lamps publication of photographs of copyrighted eiffel tower metal art architecture in public spaces. In Germany this is known as Panoramafreiheit. ^ http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2005/02/02/eiffel_tower_repossessed.html References Frémy, Dominique, Quid de la Tour eiffel tower metal replicas Eiffel, Robert Lafont, Paris eiffel tower mobile (1989) — out of print External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Eiffel Tower Official website of the Eiffel Tower — English eiffel tower photography version Eiffel Tower Travel Information Structurae: Eiffel Tower Mechanical Engineering Magazine: Deconstructing Eiffel 7 Live Webcams of the Eiffel Tower Several videos of the Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower eiffel tower portraits at insecula.com (site eiffel tower rental in French) Panoramic photo of the Eiffel Tower in QuickTime VR format Eiffel Tower Pictures Eiffel Tower eiffel tower replica rental from Space 3D render of the Eiffel Tower for use in Google Earth Frommer's Review of the eiffel tower resturant Eiffel Tower France, Paris, Trocadero Panorama from Trocadero with map and compass effect by eiffel tower resturant in las vegas Tolomeus Photo of Eiffel Tower Large desktop wallpapers of the Eiffel eiffel tower rome Tower Photographs and Videos of the Eiffel Tower Pictures of the Eiffel Tower or views from the Eiffel Tower (German/English) Info and Pictures The Eiffel Tower facts eiffel tower sand castle and photography Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 48.8583° 2.2945° Satellite image from eiffel tower sunset WikiMapia or Google Maps Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide Aerial image from TerraServer Popular visitor attractions in Paris Arc de Triomphe • Cathedral of eiffel tower white Notre Dame • Centre Georges Pompidou • Champs-Élysées • Conciergerie • Eiffel Tower • Grand Palais • Jardin du Luxembourg • Les Invalides • Louvre • Musée d'Orsay • Opéra essay on eiffel tower Garnier • Père Lachaise Cemetery Supertall observation and communication towers Borj-e Milad | free eiffel tower backgrounds Central TV Tower glass eiffel tower | CN Tower | Eiffel Tower | Fernsehturm | KCTV-Tower | Kuala Lumpur Tower | Liberation Tower | Macau hight of the eiffel tower at kings island Tower | Oriental Pearl Tower | Ostankino Tower | Riga Radio and TV hilton eiffel tower Tower | Sky Tower | hotels near eiffel tower Space Needle | Stratosphere Las Vegas | Sydney Tower | Tallinn TV Tower | Tashkent Tower | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | how high is the eiffel tower Tokyo Tower | Torrena | Vilnius TV Tower Self-supporting structures or i want information about the eiffel tower in paris proposed structures which are, were, location of eiffel tower or will be at least 300 meters in height v·d·e Search Term: "Eiffel_Tower" Categories: paris las vegas eiffel tower admission photo of the eiffel tower Visitor attractions in Paris | 1889 architecture | Historic photos of eiffel tower civil engineering landmarks | Landmarks in France | Michelin Guide | Skyscrapers in Paris | Towers in France pictures eiffel tower popsicle stick eiffel tower printable eiffel tower stitch pattern tattoo of eiffel tower the apperance of the eiffel tower the eiffel tower + map the eiffel tower is in the city of the eiffel tower research trish scully eiffel tower dress what was the purpose of the eiffel tower what year was the eiffel tower built wire eiffel tower placecard handler

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