If you ask people on the street, “Where is the Eiffel Tower?” then with one hundred percent accuracy each of them will know in which city the most famous tower is located, and even more so in which country this tower is a real symbol. And indeed the Eiffel Tower is the most recognizable symbol! But the main thing is that the Eiffel Tower is the most visited and photographed landmark on planet Earth!

1. I’ll try to tell you something new about Eiffel Tower, although this will be difficult to do, many films have already been made specifically about the Eiffel Tower, and there is nothing secret about the Eiffel Tower. So The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 on March 31st. But it’s probably worth starting with the history of the beginning of the construction of the tower. In general, initially the tower was supposed to be only part of World's Fair invented by the authorities in honor of the centenary of the French Revolution. This is where the famous engineer Alexander Gustave Eiffel showed his unique talent; however, from the beginning he was engaged in the construction of bridges.

2. The French government asked to create a monument in honor of such an exhibition that would glorify France throughout the world. Gustave immediately remembered his very interesting project of building a three hundred meter tower. But there is one nuance here, the very idea of ​​​​building the Eiffel Tower belongs to Gustave Eiffel, but it was his two good employees who came up with the project for the construction of this tower - Maurice Koechlen and Emile Nouguier. When Gustave found out that he had won the tender for the construction of the tower, he exclaimed: “France will be the only country in the world that will have a 300-meter symbol.” By the way, the tower received its name in honor of its creator Gust Eiffel.

3. So for the construction of a 300-meter tower, Gustave was allocated a very large sum, the construction of the Eiffel Tower required 5 million francs, of course this is a colossal amount, and it was decided to create Joint-Stock Company, accumulated half of the total amount of 3 banks, and the remaining half was added by Eiffel himself from his personal budget, although it is not known where he got such an amount from. As a result of construction, the amount was slightly more than the planned amount; 7.8 million francs were required. But the tower was fully paid for only during the exhibition, and the subsequent profit from the tower was also sufficient for the government not to abandon it.

4. Construction of the tower lasted 2 years and two months, and two more days to be exact. In fact, this is a record time! At that time, to build such a tower, and even in such a short time, was at the level of magic. But everything is quite simple, the tower was built so quickly thanks to the knowledge and thoughtfulness of the creator of the tower. Gustave thought through the construction completely, down to the smallest detail, for example, he fastened parts weighing up to three tons on the ground and, already in this state, lifted them and strengthened them. It is also worth noting that the drawings fully described where and how to install this or that rivet; 2.5 million rivets were involved in the construction. Eiffel spent a colossal amount of time and effort on the construction of such a creation.

5. After construction is completed The Eiffel Tower has become the most tall building worldwide, and remained so for the next 40 years. The Eiffel Tower caused a simply colossal effect among residents; in just half a year, 2 million people expressed a desire to look at such a treasure of France. But this was not always the case for our beauty, and there was a sad period when no one needed it and, in fact, the issue of even its demolition was being decided. Indeed, the tower was unnecessary to anyone and all that was needed was a radio station whose antenna was installed on the top of the Eiffel Tower.

6. And already in 1921, a television program began to be broadcast from the Eiffel Tower. And in 1922, a television program was created which was called “Eiffel Tower”. Since then to this day, several permanent programs have been broadcast from the Eiffel Tower. There are also several dozen ordinary antennas located on the Eiffel Tower.

7. The entire Eiffel Tower weighs about 10 tons and 100 kilograms. By the way, a structure of such a height is highly durable; vibrations of the tower during earthquakes and storms do not exceed 15 cm. The lowest floor is a pyramid measuring 129.2 m on each side at the base, it is supported by four columns, which are connected at a height of 57.63 meters by an arched vault. And on this vault is already the first platform of the Eiffel Tower. The platform is a square.

8. From this platform begins a new platform which is formed using the same method. There are steps and several elevators leading to the observation decks of the Eiffel Tower; 1,792 steps lead to the top of the tower; few people are able to overcome such a number.

9. The Eiffel Tower is located on the Champ de Mars opposite the Jena Bridge, near the Seine River. Well, that seems to be all about the Eiffel Tower, well, if we can only mention the color of the tower, throughout its history the Eiffel Tower has been in many colors from yellow to red-brown, but for more than ten years the tower has a color similar to the real color of bronze — “brown-Eiffel.” View from the Eiffel Tower.


The openwork design of the Eiffel Tower is not just a decoration, but also ensures its strength. The connection scheme of 2.5 million steel rods is designed in such a way that the tower structure is surprisingly strong and practically does not wobble under the pressure of even very strong winds. You can go from level to level by elevator. The hydraulic mechanism that raises the elevator from the second to the third level has been regularly serving visitors to the tower since 1889. Everyone knows about the restaurant on the Eiffel Tower. It is called "Jules Verne" and is at an altitude of 57 meters or 360 steps. On the same level as the restaurant, the Eiffel Tower houses a cinema and a post office.

Restaurant on the Eiffel Tower.

View from the inside.

On the third level, 247 meters high, there is an observation gallery that can accommodate up to 800 people at a time. If tourists get to the Eiffel Tower on a clear day, then from here they will see a circular panorama of Paris with a radius of more than 70 km.


View of Paris from the Eiffel Tower observation gallery.

A small diagram of the Eiffel Tower. More schemes look .

Tourists admired the Eiffel Tower, but Parisians disliked it. In the 19th century, poets ridiculed it in poetry, and artists drew funny pictures and critical drawings. In a word, everyone and everything was competing in wit. How unsighted they were. In less than a hundred years, the Eiffel Tower will become the main attraction and the most important symbol of Paris. Today it is visible from almost every corner of Paris. So the story of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is far from over.



And photography with the Eiffel Tower in the background is the dream of many women around the world.

To learn more about the history of creation Eiffel towers, watch the video film: “Chronicles of the Eiffel Tower”.

Or a video tour online:

Eiffel Tower address: 5, Parc du Champ de Mars, 7th arrondissement, i.e. Champ de Mars, where it was built at the very beginning. The tower has not yet learned to walk.

Eiffel Tower coordinates ( Google map Maps): 48.858055565556,2.2944444544444

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You can buy tickets for the Eiffel Tower, as well as find out its opening hours.

The Eiffel Tower at night is no less beautiful than during the day; it is decorated with many lights.

And during the holidays there are also fireworks.

Pictures of the Eiffel Tower:

Eiffel Tower, drawn pictures and jokes:

Competitor of the Eiffel Tower.

The most grandiose, famous, shocking building in Paris is, of course, the Eiffel Tower. Since its appearance in 1889 as an arch for the World Exhibition dedicated to the storming of the Bastille, it has been the center of attention to this day. It was also recognized as an important link in the French economy and a valuable asset of Europe.



The history of the tower!

Although the engineer Gustave Eiffel proposed dismantling the tower after the twenty-year period of its construction, as we see, it continues to rise majestically on the Champs de Mars to this day.

Book a table at a restaurant at the Eiffel Tower

The most interesting thing is that the idea of ​​the design did not belong to Eiffel, but to Maurice Koechlin, his colleague in the engineering bureau. It was in Maurice's old drawings that the leading engineer found the sketch of the tower that interested him.

Together with other employees, Eiffel refines the idea, files a joint patent, sends the drawings to the competition, and wins. Subsequently, he buys the ownership rights and becomes their sole owner.

The amazing fact is that while working on the construction scheme, the research of Hermann von Mayer, a Swiss professor of paleontology of the 19th century, was taken as a basis. He studied the structure of the femur, namely its head at the point of bending and joining the joint at an angle.

He concluded that thanks to the many small processes of strict geometric shape with which it is covered, the weight of the body is distributed evenly, preventing fractures.

It was these studies by Mayer that, 20 years later, inspired the designers of the famous tower to give it such a stable shape. Even with a strong wind, the top deviates by only 12 cm, and if it is hot in the sun - by 18 cm due to the expansion of the metal.

Working on the image

The original appearance of the steel lady was purely an example of the technological progress of its time, and looked too conservative. To win the competition, it was necessary to refine the design with decorative elements and make it more refined.

Gustave made a proposal to decorate the tower supports with stone, make the arches a connecting link between the supports and the lower floor, and also turn them into the main entrance to the exhibition. The levels also had to be transformed and become functional thanks to the glazed halls, and the top had to take on a rounded shape along with other decorations.

When the scheme acquired all these innovations, the jury approved Eiffel's plan, and he received the green light for construction. Feeling a surge of enthusiasm after the first victory, he exclaimed that France would now become the only owner in the world of a 300-meter flagpole.

To be or not to be - the opinion of bohemians

The delight, however, was not shared by the creative elite, who considered the future structure offensive to the eye. The city's mayor's office has repeatedly received letters demanding that they not allow the construction of such a monstrous structure, arguing that the Eiffel Tower in Paris would be a huge mistake, a repulsive stain hanging over the city, and not compatible with other architecture.

About three hundred painters, architects, musicians and writers drew up a protest, sending it to the city authorities, where in colorful expressions they convinced the commission to come to their senses: “For 20 years we will be forced to look at the disgusting shadow of the hated column of iron and screws, stretching over the city like an ink blot".


The petition was signed by Charles Gounod, Dumas fils, and the famous short story writer Guy de Maupassant. However, Maupassant subsequently visited the restaurant, which is now called Jules Verne, several times. When the novelist was asked why he came there if he disliked the Eiffel Tower so much, he said that there was no longer a place in Paris from which this damn thing could not be seen.

However, not everyone was so ardently opposed to her. It made a completely different impression on Thomas Edison, and in the guest book he wrote a greeting to its creator.

Construction details: numbers and facts

It all started in 1887 on January 28, and the last day to complete construction was December 31, 1889. For such a colossal project, this was a record time, considering that the height of the Eiffel Tower was 300 meters.


Tower construction!

There was no technology capable of lifting parts weighing up to 3 tons to this height, and therefore Eiffel had to additionally invent special mobile cranes. Also, to speed up the work, most of the elements were made in advance, and holes were drilled in them, into which connecting rivets were installed.

Eiffel demonstrated unique precision in drawing up drawings. There were 1,700 general ones and 3,629 detailed ones, and their accuracy was 0.1 mm (3D printers print with such precision today). This is comparable to jewelry work or magic, worthy of admiration, especially in our age of high technology.

Inner world

Once in Paris, it is difficult to avoid the temptation to look at the city of love from the height of the most famous Parisian woman. On the initial two platforms, which are located at the peaks of 57.63 and 115.73 m; you can visit restaurants, drink a glass of sparkling wine or order lunch.


On the third level, located at 276.13 m, visitors will find a bar and an astronomical and meteorological observatory. The tower is crowned by a lighthouse with a dome, the light of which reaches 10 km.

Rising to the 3rd level

There are 1,792 steps leading up to the top, but you are unlikely to want to make such a serious climb, especially since back in 1899 two Fives-Lill elevators were built for this purpose, and passengers, having risen to the 175 m mark, moved to another cabin .


Elevator to the 2nd floor

The first machines ran on hydraulic pumps, but since their use was impossible in winter, Otis electric motors replaced them in 1983, and the hydraulics are shown as an exhibit to tourists.

Gustave Eiffel Apartment

At the very top there is another room - an apartment that was built especially for Eiffel. Although the square is quite spacious, it is furnished simply, but with the taste of a man of the 19th century. It has separate rooms, furniture, carpets, and even a piano - a must-have item for the elite of that time.


When the apartment became known in the city, there were people who wanted to buy it or at least spend the night there, offering substantial sums, but Eiffel always refused such offers.

While in Paris, the engineer often arranged meetings with the rich and famous people. Edison also visited, and for ten hours the pair of inventors, over cognac and cigars, found many fascinating topics for discussion, including the phonograph, the latest invention of the famous American.

In captivity, but with his head held high

Eiffel Tower, 1940 – the lift mechanism suddenly breaks down. This trouble happened just before the arrival of Adolf Hitler. Since the war was going on, there was nowhere to get new parts for it, and the Fuhrer could only trample at the feet of the obstinate Parisian woman. On this occasion, the poets did not miss the opportunity to say: “Hitler conquered France, but could not conquer the Eiffel Tower.”


Hitler planned to transmit radio signals from the lighthouse to his military units and broadcast propaganda in Paris, but he was especially excited by the idea that the flag flying on the spire of the top would be clearly visible in all corners of the city.

At the end of the summer of 1944, Hitler, annoyed that he was unable to climb to the top, gives Colonel General Dietrich von Choltitz the order to destroy the unsubdued proud mountain along with the rest of the sights of Paris.

However, the order was never carried out, and when the occupiers left the city, the elevators, which had stopped for several years, started working again after a couple of hours, and the news about this was broadcast by radio from the tower.

The height of the Eiffel Tower!

For 40 years, the Eiffel Tower had no competitors in height in the whole world, and only in 1930 it lost the palm to the Chrysler Building in New York. Today its height reaches 324 m due to the antenna installed in 2010.


Height

In reality and in the photo, the tower looks slender, sophisticated, and charmingly beautiful. Like a true Frenchwoman, she loves to radically change her image from time to time, and has already tried on several outfits. It was painted in different colors, which ranged from yellow to reddish brown.

Now a unique “brown-Eiffel” tone, closest to a bronze hue, has been developed and patented especially for it. Every 7 years it is repainted to protect the metal from corrosion, and old parts are also replaced with new ones made of a lighter but more durable alloy.

Night beauty


The Iron Lady also loves to shine, and at the time of her premiere in 1889 she sparkled with tens of thousands of gas lamps, a pair of searchlights and a lighthouse, the rays of which were the colors of three shades of the national flag. Just a year later, electric lights sparkled on it, and in 1925 it became the most ambitious advertising platform for Andre Citroen.

The advertisement was called: “The Tower is on Fire,” and thanks to 125 new light bulbs, the silhouette first lit up, then it was replaced by a shower of stars, which smoothly turned into the flight of comets and zodiac symbols, followed by the year of birth of the tower, the current year, and finally the surname appeared Citroen. Advertising ran until 1934.

The Parisian fashionista received her golden dress on the last day of 1985, and in 2003 silver lights were added to this noble shine. This required 4.6 million €, 20 thousand light bulbs, 40 km of wires, 30 people and several months of work. The tower wore another memorable outfit from the beginning of July to the end of December 2008, which looked like the flag of Europe - a circle of 12 gold stars on a blue background.

The brainchild of Gustave Eiffel remains a beautiful wonder of the world today. A copy of the Eiffel Tower stands in many cities: Copenhagen, Las Vegas, Varna, the Chinese city of Guangzhou, and Aktau in Kazakhstan.


Exact copy in Las Vegas

In the first 12 months of its existence, it fully recouped its construction costs thanks to visitors, and remains the most popular, most visited attraction. Millions of people come on dates with her every year, and by 2002 this number exceeded 200 million.

Observation deck

City of dreams and champagne bubbles

To maximize your time in the company of the Eiffel Tower, tour and restaurant tickets can be booked in advance. Several buffets, a bar and a couple of cozy restaurants will allow you to enjoy delicious dishes, drinks and views of Paris.

On the ground floor you can visit the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant, eat a sandwich, fries, croissant, drink juice or coffee, paying only 18 € for lunch. In the evening there are several main courses and desserts to choose from, but the price rises to 82 € per person.
At the same level there are also regular buffets, where a glass of juice and a slice of pizza will not exceed 7-8 €.


Restaurant "Jules Verne"

But, if, once you find yourself in the most romantic place on earth, you do not intend to skimp on pleasures, then visit the luxurious restaurant “Le Jules Verne” on the second level. Lunch here will cost at least 85 € per person, and dinner with lobster – at least 200 €.

View from the tower at night


Night Paris from the observation deck

Eiffel Tower on the map

However, you can have fun without visiting such expensive establishments. Having risen to the third level, in the Champagne Bar, take a glass of champagne, take a bird's eye view of Paris, and feel the exclusivity of this moment.

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The exact address: Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris

Working hours: From 9:30 to 23:00, in summer from 9:00 to 00:00

Tickets

Entrance to the lift (up to 2nd floor): adults - 11€, 12-14 years old - 8.5€, children and disabled people - 4€.

To the top: adults - 17 €, 12-14 years old - 14.5 €, children and disabled people - 8 €.

By stairs to the 2nd floor: adults - 7 €, 12-14 years old - 5 €, children and disabled people - 3 €.

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Photo gallery Eiffel Tower!

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Eiffel Tower at night photo

Eiffel Tower photo

Paulo Gabriel, a freelance designer in love with Paris, created his selection of photographs of the Eiffel Tower in the hope that he would someday visit the desired country.

Among the authors of the works collected here are both Parisians and guests of the city. Each of them “saw” the main attraction differently French capital(Have you seen our selection of amazing ones yet?). That's what's good about the series.

By the way, having posted this group of photographs on the Internet, Paulo, who had been admiring the grandiose engineering structure from afar for years, turned to everyone who had helped previously and was ready to help him in the near future present the image of the Eiffel even more visibly, with a request to send fresh stories to his website, to the center which this beautiful object hit.

A gorgeous photo of the Eiffel Tower from above amazes the eye with the sharp contrast of a darkened park with fountains immersed in stormy darkness and the rapidly brightening sky above it. The tower, as in most photographs of Paris with its participation, sharply divides the overall space vertically. The bronze-colored arrow stuck its tip into the sky, and behind it, the distant, seemingly tiny silhouettes of skyscrapers and cathedral domes scattered across the elusive and already sunlit horizon...

Everyone knows that in the light of night illumination a grandiose openwork metal structure looks dazzlingly magnificent. It is not surprising that most of its viewers and fans like to shoot the Eiffel Tower, photos of which, replacing each other, demonstrate a variety of angles and a richness of shades of the background solution, in the rays of electric backlight. In the sky striped by spotlights, the city takes on a festive and solemn appearance, and the openwork vaults of the Eiffel reinforce this impression.

Needless to say: without an arrow standing on four giant legs, the Eiffel Tower and the Champs de Mars are not a field, and Paris is not Paris.

Eiffel Tower: photo Ramón Durán

Well, did you like our selection? By the way, the Eiffel Tower is considered one of the most romantic sights in the world; almost every third girl dreams of going to Honeymoon to Paris and bring home original photographs from la Tour Eiffel. If you have already decided to take such a step, then you will definitely need a professional wedding photographer. You want your photos to have creative and unconventional ideas, don’t you? =)

- a symbol of Paris without which it is simply impossible to imagine this city, and, of course, you want to bring back as much as possible from your trip beautiful photos exactly with her. In this article we present to you 10 best places for a view of the Eiffel Tower:

This is the main one observation deck, which offers one of the most famous and most beautiful views of the Eiffel Tower. This the only place in Paris, where the iron lady appears in all her splendor. If you want to bring incredible photographs from the “Us and the Eiffel Tower” series, then this is the place for you!

The second most popular view of the Eiffel Tower, the most interesting places for photography, these are the Peace Wall and the Military School; in addition, on the lawns of Morsovoye Field you can have a wonderful picnic with the tower in the background.

One of the most beautiful bridges Paris, the place itself is worthy of a photo shoot, plus it offers a wonderful view of the main attraction.

Bir Akem Bridge

A small bridge connecting the 15th and 16th arrondissements of Paris. It is notable for its modern architecture with metal columns, and, of course, it opens up very beautiful view based on the creation of Gustave Eiffel.

Debilly pedestrian bridge

This bridge resembles a smaller copy of the suspended highways. Despite the fact that it is already 100 years old, this metal structure looks very modern. From the bridge there is a wonderful view of the tower.

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The Place de la Concorde is famous not only for the Egyptian Column and beautiful fountains, but from this square there is a beautiful view of the Eiffel Tower. In addition, a beautiful view opens from the alleys of the Tuileries Garden, located on a hill along the perimeter of the garden. In the Tuileries you can have a photo shoot not only with the tower, but also with the Louvre.

This is not only one of the most romantic places Paris, but it's also natural Observation deck. The whole of Paris lies at your feet.

From here you have a wonderful view of the city: in front of you are Place Notre-Dame, the Seine and the Eiffel Tower.

Great view of all of Paris and one of the best views to the Eiffel Tower. Here it is, just extend your hand. Another plus is that from the Montmarnasse Tower you cannot see the Montparnasse Tower itself.

This place is the last on our list, but no less interesting, it offers a beautiful view of the tower, and...

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