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By far Gustave Eiffel’s most well-known work, the Eiffel Tower was designed for the 1889 World’s Fair to celebrate the 100th ...

Uncover the story of the Eiffel Tower, from its origins at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 to its breathtaking ...

The name was proposed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nougier to Gustave Eiffel, who oversaw the tower’s construction. It hinted at the desire to build something extraordinary, a technological ...

The structure known today as the Eiffel Tower was originally dubbed the Tour de 300 mètres, the 300-metre tower. The name was proposed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nougier to Gustave ...

Building the massive Eiffel tower on the bank of the Seine River posed more than one challenge.

It is the tallest building in the world—more than twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. Yet, the race for the tallest skyscraper is far from over. While several buildings already soar far above the ...

312 metres high when it was inaugurated in 1889, the "300-metre Tower" was the world's tallest for 42 years, before being ...

Rescuers successfully talked down a man who scaled the upper heights of the Eiffel Tower on Monday, forcing the monument's evacuation, and handed him over to police.