Eiffel tower….. the most iconic structure in the world, located on the Champ of Mars, beside Seine River in Paris, France.
If you like history or just want to know about it, here are some facts that you need to know.
The construction of Eiffel Tower was completed on March 31, 1889. It was built by Gustave Eiffel, from where the tower got its name: Eiffel Tower. He was the most influential people in the construction of Eiffel tower. He was a contractor, engineer, architect, and also showman. During the construction of the tower, there were two other engineers who helped him, they were Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier. The statues of them is displayed on the top of Eiffel Tower.
The main architect was Stephan Sauvestre and the work was done by around 50 engineers, 100 iron workers, and 121 construction workers. The design of the tower was first planned on 1884, and the construction began on 1887. The main structure of the tower is made of iron, coated with a dark brown paint. The tower is approximately 324 meters high, weight 10.000 tons, and had 108 stories.
Inside the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower from base area of the tower. It is an open space on the base of the tower. The queue to enter/go up the Eiffel Tower is started here. Can you see how long is the queue?
The tower has three levels for visitors. The price of ticket is varied depend on whether you want to go till third level or only until second level. It cost 14.5€ if you want to go up to third floor and 8.5€ until second floor. Note that the height of first floor is 57 m, second floor 115 m, and third floor is 276 m. There are restaurant and souvenir shops in the first and second levels.
Here is some inside of the Eiffel Tower: there are some workers working on the iron structure and view from the observation deck.
Views from the second level
Views from the third level
From the top of Eiffel tower, you can see around for about 59 km far.
In the day time, the tower look like a giant iron iron tower, but at night, it change into a very romantic lighten up tower. 7.5 kWh of electricity is used annually to lighten up the Eiffel tower. Look extremely stunning!
Eiffel Tower from Different Angles
I love to take picture of Eiffel Tower from wherever angle I could get. Here are some snapshots of the Eiffel Tower.
Eiffel tower captured from the other side of Seine River (from Port and Pont Debily).
Eiffel Tower captured from Av. Gustava V de Suède
Eiffel tower captured from Jardins di Trocadero
More higher level of the Jardins di Trocadero
Very short video on the Eiffel Tower light show.
Eiffel tower captured from Esplanade du Trocadero
Eiffel Tower captured from Camp de Mars
Eiffel Tower captured between the building and from far away bridge (sorry forget the name of the place)
Do you see how many pictures I have for only one landmark? I love to take pictures of it.
Tips:
If you plan to go up the Eiffel tower. better to started early as the queue can be so long. You can also do some picnic in the Camp de Mars if the weather is nice.
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