The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited landmarks in the world today, was once the tallest structure ever built too. At the time of its completion in 1889, its 984 feet (or 300 meters) far ...

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Family descendants of famed 19th century Eiffel Tower architect Gustave Eiffel are balking at the idea of Paris keeping newly installed Olympic Rings on the global monument over their appearance.

The Association of Descendants of Gustave Eiffel, consisting of about 70 living descendants of the architect, said in a press release cited by French media on Sunday that “it does not seem ...

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The tower was designed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier along with architect Stephen Sauvestre as a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution and as the ...

Context. The Eiffel Tower can indeed grow and contract in the summer and winter, respectively. However, the growth is only a few millimeters — not up to 6 inches, as many social media posts claim.

Yeatman-Eiffel is the great-great-great grandson of Gustave Eiffel, the tower's architect, and the vice-president of the Association of Descendants of Gustave Eiffel, which represents about 70 of ...

Pierre de Coubertin, who formed the IOC at the outset of the first modern Olympics in 1896, was a contemporary of Gustave Eiffel. His relationship with the tower's architect allowed him to be one ...