LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

The Eiffel Tower’s refurbished 1st floor has shops.

On the 2nd, treat yourself to a gastronomic meal at the famous Jules Verne restaurant, 125 metres above ground. 

Finally on the 3rd floor you are at cloud level and have an exceptional 360° view.

--parisinfo.com 

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

A pop-culture movie cliché is that the view from a Parisian window always includes the Eiffel Tower.

In reality, since zoning restrictions limit the height of most buildings in Paris to seven storeys, only a small number of tall buildings have a clear view of the tower.

--Wikipedia

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

Maintenance of the Eiffel Tower includes applying 60 tons of paint every seven years to prevent it from rusting.

The tower has been completely repainted at least 19 times since it was built.

Lead paint was still being used as recently as 2001 when the practice was stopped out of concern for the environment.

--Wikipedia

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

The Eiffel Tower is painted in three shades: lighter at the top, getting progressively darker towards the bottom to complement the Parisian sky. 

It was originally reddish brown; this changed in 1968 to a bronze colour known as "Eiffel Tower Brown".

The only non-structural elements are the four decorative grill-work arches, added in Sauvestre's sketches, which served to make the tower look more substantial and to make a more impressive entrance to the exposition.

--Wikipedia

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

The Eiffel Tower’s arrangement of the lifts has been changed several times during the tower's history. 

Given the elasticity of the cables and the time taken to align the cars with the landings, each lift, in normal service, takes an average of 8 minutes and 50 seconds to do the round trip, spending an average of 1 minute and 15 seconds at each level. 

The average journey time between levels is 1 minute.

--Wikipedia

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

The Eiffel Tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second levels. 

The top level's upper platform is 276 m (906 ft) above the ground – the highest observation deck accessible to the public in the European Union. 

Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift to the first and second levels. 

The climb from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the climb from the first level to the second. 

Although there is a staircase to the top level, it is usually accessible only by lift.

--Wikipedia

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

The Eiffel Tower’s base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. 

During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world.

A title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930.

--Wikipedia

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

Constructed from 1887–1889 as the entrance to the 1989 World’s Fair, the Eiffel Tower was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design.

But it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world.

The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.

--Wikipedia

LA TOUR EIFFEL

PARIS, FRANCE

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars. 

It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris.

--Wikipedia