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The Eiffel Tower, of course. The tallest edifice ever ... The tower was erected like an oversized Meccano with extreme precision, and subsequently inaugurated in 1889, amazingly without any ...
You feel as if you are floating in space inside a giant Meccano set. Until tonight ... and relive the memories of a night in the Eiffel Tower. I won't ever forget it - nor the fact that there ...
The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors on Wednesday after workers went on strike ahead of contract negotiations with the city of Paris. The walkout coincided with planned events marking the 100th ...
France’s iconic Eiffel Tower is increasing its ticket prices by 20%, CNN’s affiliate BFMTV has reported, to help cover the costs of renovation work and financial losses during the coronavirus ...
By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris Anthony Aranda, a 23-year-old tourist from Peru, had only two days to visit Paris with his cousin, so getting to the top of the Eiffel Tower featured ...
Once contemptuously referred to as “a truly tragic street lamp,” the Eiffel Tower of Paris, France, was opened on March 31, 1889, and to celebrate the 126th anniversary a new Google Doodle has ...
The descendants of the Eiffel Tower's designer say they will fight to stop the Olympic rings being left on the tower, as the mayor of Paris plans. The family of the legendary engineer Gustave ...
It’s not a club, technically, at least. It’s the Olympic beach volleyball venue, where the Eiffel Tower looming over the stadium, as players duel on the sand below. On a recent night ...
PARIS — An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How's that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each ...
But the plans have irked the descendants of Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who designed the famous tower, who say it was “not intended as an advertising platform.” “We do not think it ...