“It’s become the symbol of Paris, and of France as well,” says Savin Yeatman-Eiffel, a great-great-great-grandson of Gustave ...

The Eiffel Tower is located on the western side of the city. You can reach Paris' most famous landmark from the Bir-Hakeim, Trocadéro or Ecole Militaire métro stops, serviced by lines 6 ...

Let’s know more about its history, significance and more on the occasion of Eiffel Tower Day. A design competition was held in central Paris and more than 100 artists turned in their ideas ...

In 1940, when the German army was ordered to dismantle the Eiffel Tower to use its materials for other purposes, Kurt Hinzmann, in charge of propaganda in Paris, defended it, advocating the use of ...

a public park in the center of Paris. 2. It was designed and built by the firm Eiffel et Compagnie. The tower’s main designer was one of Eiffel’s employees, senior engineer Maurice Koechlin.

Here are some random facts about the Eiffel Tower. Eiffel Tower was built in two years, just in time for the Paris Universal Exposition. The competition rules said the tower would only stand for ...