The Eiffel Tower (French: La tour Eiffel) 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 was initially criticized
by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but 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 received some criticism from the public when it was built, calling it disturbing eyes. Daily newspapers are filled with angry letters from the arts community of Paris. One of them entered the United States Government Printing Office William Watson Paris Universal Exposition: Civil Engineering, Public Works, and Architecture 1892 "And during twenty years we shall see, stretching over the entire city, still lived by the genius of the centuries , we shall see stretching out like a black shadow of the odious column built up of riveted iron plates. " Signers of this letter included Messonier, Gounod, Garnier, Gerome, Bougeureau, and Dumas.
This pictures of the Eiffel Tower structure during construction
7 December 1887: Construction of the legs with scaffolding.
20 March 1888: Completion of 1st level.
15 May 1888: Start of construction of second stage.
21 August 1888: Completion to 2nd level
26 December 1888: Construction of upper stage
15 March 1889: Construction of cupola
I very love this tower, and I hope someday that I can go to this place with my family while traveling around europe.Aamiin.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
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