Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
erected in the Champ-de-Mars for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; at 984.25 feet the world's tallest structure at the time. Designed by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923).
Wikipedia
The Eiffel Tower ( ; , ) is a wrought iron 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 in 1889 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 recognisable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.
The tower is tall, about the same height as an 81- building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Due to the addition of a broadcasting aerial at the top of the tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by . Excluding transmitters, the Eiffel Tower is the second-tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second levels. The top level's upper platform is above the ground – the highest observation deck accessible to the public in the European Union. Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift (elevator) to the first and second levels. The climb from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the climb from the first level to the second. Although there is a staircase to the top level, it is usually only accessible by lift.
Tennessee's Eiffel Tower is a landmark in the city of Paris, Tennessee. Built in the early 1990s, this structure is a model of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
The Eiffel Towers at Kings Dominion and Kings Island are replicas of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. They opened at Kings Island in 1972 and Kings Dominion in 1975, each when the park originally opened.
The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower in Paris, France.
Eiffel Tower may also refer to:
Texas's Eiffel Tower is a landmark in the city of Paris, Texas. The tower was constructed in 1993, this structure is a model of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
Usage examples of "eiffel tower".
I had my ideas about the city of Paris and when Mother Truczinski brought me a postcard of the Eiffel Tower, I took up the theme and began to drum Paris, to drum a musette though I had never heard one.
The Eiffel Tower picks up signals from underground and compares them with what comes from the sky.
Maybe at this very moment he's selling the Eiffel Tower to an American tourist and going under the name Dupont.
Paris way a slate-grey and dove-color lay spread out like a Turkish carpet, with a silvery band of mist where the river was, out of which the Eiffel Tower stood up like a man wading.
I asked her to give us a lift in her taxi as far as the bridge just opposite the Eiffel Tower.
I grabbed one off a picture of the Eiffel Tower it was and made him write a few words.
He also mentioned Paris (he had it in for the Eiffel Tower) and France a few times.
Framed pictures showed groups of men in team jackets in Red Square, at Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower.
A meeting on the Left Bank as the silver-gray Parisian sky was turning to rose, and the Eiffel Tower became a web of diamond light.
She had an excellent view of the Eiffel Tower and, although she couldn't see the great water cannons through the trees, she could certainly hear the famous Trocadé.