Eiffel Tower was built on March 30, 1889 for the centennial of the French Revolution to World Exposition in Paris.
Created by its French engineer Alexandre Eiffel. It ranked first among the 700 projects that were presented at the contest. Go to the basement took a year and a half, and the construction of the tower itself 8 months. Do tower in 1931 was highest in the world Construction of 313 meters from the flagpole.
In the tower there are 3 platform (at an altitude of 58, 115 and 300.65 meters), and several sites. Now the height of the tower is 326.75 meters, at the very top there is a viewing platform, Review here within a radius of 90 kilometers. Parisians were immediately against this architectural works. They felt that the Eiffel Tower spoils the beauty of Paris. A writer Guy de Maupassant called the tower "skeleton", but still went to the restaurant to dine, which lie in it. He told me that this is the only place in Paris where it is not visible.
Art masters said: "In the name of true taste, in the name of art history in the name of France, are now threatened, we - writers, painters, sculptors, architects, passionate fans still impeccable beauty of Paris, with deep indignation in protest against the construction the very heart of our capital useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower. "
Upon the expiry of years had become a symbol of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and to see its people come from all over the world.
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