In 1957, a 67-foot antenna was added, making the Eiffel Tower six feet taller than its old nemesis ... (Your Facebook photos are probably safe though). Here are more details about why you ...

but was happy to still be able to take pictures at the tower with her friends. While some tourists said they enjoyed finding the Eiffel Tower area basically empty, others were not pleased.

PARIS — The Eiffel Tower ... Others took photos anyway or rearranged their Paris plans. Visitors could still access the glass-enclosed esplanade beneath the tower Wednesday but could not enter ...

The few who remained quickly snapped photos on their ... to maintain the Eiffel Tower. The monument’s nearly 2.7 million square feet need to be regularly stripped of old paint and given a ...

A July 27 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows the Eiffel Tower with its lights off at night. "Reports are some areas in Paris lost power!" reads the post's caption. "This was the ...

In January this year, photos and videos on social media claimed to show the Eiffel Tower on fire, but these were fake. A fire did break out at the landmark in January 1956, in the tower's ...

The image of Eiffel Tower in darkness is from March 2021, not July 2024. The city of Paris did not suffer a prolonged blackout after the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. This article was ...