How well do you know the Eiffel Tower? The Eiffel Tower might be one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world, but these Eiffel Tower facts reveal just how unexpected its history really is.
The Eiffel Tower is an iconic cultural landmark of France. France today is unimaginable without the Eiffel Tower. Initially criticised by a section of French artists and intellectuals for its design, ...
Find out about the race to build Paris’ most famous landmark when two men vied to be the first to build a monument 1,000 feet tall. See how one man’s vision transformed the Paris skyline, making the ...
Recent social media claims have sparked widespread concern that Paris' iconic Eiffel Tower is slated for demolition in 2026. These posts, amplified across platforms like X, cite reasons such as an ...
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Paris is one of the most expensive cities in the world when it comes to real estate, and space is certainly at a premium. Which is why it may come as a surprise to learn that there is an empty ...
On May 15, 1889, the Eiffel Tower celebrated its official inauguration at the start of the 1889 Paris World Fair after more than two years of construction. Take a look back at the intricate labor that ...
To mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, Paris hosted the 1889 World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle). Hoping to be considered for the high-profile project, artists from around the ...
The world famous tourist hotspot in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, has been shut since October 2, 2025, amid nationwide strike. As demonstrators streamed from Place d’Italie toward the Eiffel Tower, its ...
The Eiffel Tower, one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, experienced an evacuation after a fire alarm was triggered on Thursday morning. The Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) ...
The Eiffel Tower was erected at the 1889 World’s Fair to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. Eiffel chose puddled iron for its construction, a material he knew well and had used in ...
The Eiffel Tower has long captured the hearts of loved-up couples. Now a new film puts forth a fittingly romantic theory that the looming structure was built by its creator as a tribute to the woman ...