Though the Eiffel Tower bears his name, Gustave Eiffel was not initially enthusiastic about the structure nor did he design ...
Last weekend, during her Short n' Sweet tour stop in Paris, the pop star shared a très apropos suggestion with the Eiffel Tower. Now, for the non-Carpenters and anyone else who hasn't seen ...
(CNN) — It wasn’t an obvious day to climb the Eiffel Tower. It was the end of November, 1989. Overcast and cold, with clouds obscuring the city. Anita Hansen, then in her early 20s, was ...
The radical cast-iron tower was built for the 1889 World Fair and the centenary of the 1789 Revolution by engineer Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel made use of new technology that was already popular in ...