Paris 4 K Eiffel Tower Driving Downtown France
Thursday afternoon drive around the district home to one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is as tall as an 81story building and is the mostvisited paid monument in the world. Upon completion in 1889, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest manmade structure in the world. The Eiffel Tower is a wroughtiron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 18871889 as the entrance to the 1889 World s Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France s leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the mostvisited paid monument in the world; 6. 91 million people ascended it in 2015.
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