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There's no landmark as iconic as the Eiffel Tower. It's a symbol of Paris, of France, and even Europe as a whole. That being ...
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Almost seven million people visit the Eiffel Tower annually. About 300 million visitors have been to the tower since its opening. Designer Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment cloistered away in ...
The tower was intended as a symbol of promise. Eiffel’s behemoth — then the tallest man-made structure in the world — was erected as the centerpiece of the sprawling 1889 Paris Universal ...
A thrill seeker was arrested Thursday after he parachuted from the Eiffel Tower – the latest in a series of shenanigans to plague the iconic landmark. The man was taken into custody when he ...
France celebrated Bastille Day on Monday, the holiday marking the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, a pivotal moment in ...
Police arrested a man climbing Thursday on the Eiffel Tower, leading to visitors being temporarily stranded at the summit — including a reporter for The Associated Press and a Washington, D.C ...
First opened in 1889, the Eiffel Tower is visited by about 7 million people each year. The tower was built in just over two years, a "veritable technical feat," says its website.