For the best photo opportunities of the Eiffel Tower, head to Place du Trocadéro. (Just expect to contend with some crowds!) – Nicola Wood, Senior Editor Designed and constructed for the 1889 ...

When the Eiffel Tower ... in 1889 for the World's Fair in Paris, France, it was the tallest structure in the world. It held that title for 42 years until it was overtaken by the Chrysler Building ...

1889. In response to his critics, Eiffel built a small private apartment, atop the third level of the tower, with some of the most beautiful views and sightlines in the world. Eiffel was not ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In 1889, a temporary tower was designed and constructed in Paris to mark the World’s Fair. At the time, the plan was to dismantle ...

March 31 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris ... a plan to rehabilitate war-ravaged Europe. File Photo courtesy of Britain's War Office In 1959 ...

To mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, Paris hosted the 1889 World’s Fair ... For 41 years, the Eiffel Tower stood higher than any building or structure in the world—until ...

AFP via Getty Images French firefighters stand around their vehicle at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower, where a fire was reported in Paris, on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Anna KURTH / AFP ...

Most people only know the Eiffel Tower’s eponymous brown hue, which it has sported since 1968. But, the tower was a bright, rust-resistant Venetian red when it unveiled in 1889—and it was just ...

The multicolored logo adorned the Eiffel ... tower is a building that has always been mired in controversy and subject to unpopular changes. Supposed to be a temporary installation for an 1889 ...

In fact, some suggest building a giant guillotine, but they went with Eiffel's design instead. The second purpose of the tower was to be the centre piece of the 1889 World's Fair in Paris.

This triumph of the bourgeoisie was to be certified symbolically in 1889, on the occasion ... via revolution(s), of this new world. The Eiffel Tower, highest building in the world, was that ...