Almost everybody in the world know about the existence of the Eiffel tower in Paris. The Eiffel tower was built in 1887 and the first work on the foundation started on January 28, 1887. The Eiffel Tower becomes a magnificent building completely on March 15, 1889. The Eiffel Tower is made of 18,083 iron burden assembled using 2,500,000 rivets by 300 workers. The Eiffel Tower was made for celebrate a century of the French Revolution. Design and construction of the Eiffel tower is the result of three talented people ie Stephen Sauvestre, Maurice Koechlin, and Emile Nouguier. The name of the Eiffel tower is taken from the owner company designed and built the tower, Alexander Gustave Eiffel. The tower with a height of 324 meters above the city of light makes this tower as the highest tower in the world in 1889. In 1930, the Chrysler Building in New York defeat the Eiffel tower as the highest building in the world. Today, the Eiffel tower still becomes the highest building in Paris and is the most attractive building although there are a lot of building was built higher than the Eiffel tower such as Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Dragon Tower in Harbin, and Kiev TV tower in Kiev.
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Eiffel Tower in Paris
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In the beginning, the Eiffel tower will be built in Barcelona but there is rejection from the responsible parties in Barcelona. They consider that the Eiffel tower is not matched with Barcelona, even consider its design is expensive and bizarre. The existence of the Eiffel tower is also a matter of controversy and got a lot of criticism from the art community in Paris. Eiffel tower almost be torn down in 1909 by Paris after a building permit for 20 years is gone and also the end of the exhibition in 1900. However, experimental radio transmissions that involve Eiffel tower by the French Armed Forces managed to make Paris city authorities thought better to not knock down the Eiffel Tower. This radio transmission controlled by the French Armed Forces and serve as a communication tool during World War I.
Today, the existence of the Eiffel tower located in the Champ de Mars into a global icon of France. About 7 million people visit the Eiffel tower annually, 75% of the visitors come from abroad and it becomes an absolute have to be a traveler in their itinerary. The existence of magnificent building shows that science about building has progressed well in Paris at that time. Although it was ever struck by lightning in 1902, but the Eiffel tower still has a big fascination for visitors from the whole world. Eiffel tower consists of three floors, the first floor is at height of 57 meters, the second floor is at height of 115 meters, and the third floor is at height of 276 meters. Visitors can use the diagonal elevator to the second floor and the transparent elevator with little space to get to the top floor. From the second level, visitors are already able to enjoy a marvelous view of the Paris.
Since 1985, visitors can enjoy the Eiffel tower is bathed in a golden light at nightfall. The Eiffel tower sparkles for five minutes at the start of each hour. Precisely, the location of the Eiffel tower is located at the Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France. Eiffel tower is open every day from 9 am to 12 pm on June 15 to September 1 and a half past 9 am to 11 pm on September 2 to June 14. To reach the top of the Eiffel tower, visitors can use the lift by paying EUR 14.5 to over 25 years, EUR 13 to the age of 12-24 years, and EUR 10 for children aged 4-11 years, and free for children under 4 years. Visitor can use Metro, RER, bus, and bicycle as their vehicle to reach Champ de Mars.
