Eiffel tower

Eiffel Tower (to French: Tour Eiffel) is a metal tower in Dammden on March 2, next to the San River in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, now known as the French symbol, is the most spectacular building in the world and one of the most well-known buildings in the world.

The construction of the Eiffel Tower began in 1887 and ended on March 31, 1889. At the beginning of the Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exposition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, but after the construction of the building was not universally accepted, 300 people were among them, including Emile Zola, Giovanni Mopsan, Charles Garnie, and also Alexander Dumas The French author, a prominent author, strongly objected to its construction. The construction of the Eiffel Tower lasted two years and two months. 850 people worked on it. The tower has been constructed of 18 thousand and 38 pieces, and used to attach them to 2 and a half million bolts of nuts and rivets. The height of the tower is 324 meters, which in its time was the tallest tower in the world. The weight of the Eiffel Tower is more than 10 thousand tons, 7,300 tons of steel. The name of the Eiffel Tower was taken from the name of its maker Gustav Eiffel.