The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor shares something in common with other marvels of the world that are, were and never ...

But the tower, which came to symbolise France, could very easily have had a German name. Eiffel, who had German roots, was born Alexandre Gustave Bonickhausen dit Eiffel in 1832 in Dijon ...

The radical cast-iron tower was built for the 1889 World Fair and the centenary of the 1789 Revolution by engineer Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel made use of new technology that was already popular in ...

On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower opened to the ... A 300-member committee protested the tower. Led by authors Guy de ...

There is a visitor information desk in the west pillar and a collection of snack shops including the Rendez-vous boutique with popular Tower souvenirs. Many visitors also like to see the golden bust ...