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 from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed “La dame de fer” (French for “Iron Lady”), it was constructed as the centrepiece of the 1889 World’s Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. On the 31st March 1899 it was officially opened to the public. The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument and was named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (“Paris, Banks of the Seine”) in 1991. We celebrate the first opening of this magnificent tower to the public 126 years ago to the day with an AI image of the tower …


March 31
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