15 Amazing Facts about the Eiffel Tower
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Eiffel Tower is the most popular monument in the most romantic city called Paris, France. It’s a long iron tower which was built by Stephen Sauvestre. The tower is 324 meters tall with 81 storeys, and its construction started in 1887. One can visit the Eiffel tower from 9:30 AM to 12 AM. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed it. Only three levels can be visited by visitors, with restaurants on first and second levels. It is a 129 years old tower. Following are a few facts about the Eiffel Tower.
- The Eiffel tower was going to be demolished in 1909 but it got saved as it served as a radio antenna.
- It is the most visited and paid monument in the world. 6.98 million people visited it in 2011.
- A con artist named Victor Lustig sold the Eiffel tower to a scrap metal dealer.
- The project for the Eiffel tower was originally made for Barcelona, Spain but it got rejected.
- Its height varies at times by 5.9 inches due to the temperature changes.
- There are 1,665 steps to climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
- A woman named Erika married the Eiffel Tower in 2007 and is named Erika La Tour Eiffel.
- There are about 20,000 light bulbs in Eiffel Tower.
- The paint that was used on the Eiffel tower weighs almostequivalent to 10 elephants.
- There are approximately 30 copies of the Eiffel Tower made around the world.
- Engineer Gustave had a personal apartment on the top of the tower for himself.
- At the time of construction, the Eiffel Tower was the tallest building in the world.
- There were about 300 workers, 18,038 pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets to build this tower.
- It would cost about US$31 million, if the tower was made today.
- In 1902, lightening caused damaged to the upper section of the Eiffel Tower.
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