The Eiffel tower - La Tour Eiffle (Est. 1889) (Paris/FR)
The Eiffel tower - La Tour Eiffle (Est. 1889). A very unique landmark and construction. It's made of puddled iron (wrought iron), total weight approximately 10,100 tons. It needs 60 tons of paint every seven years to prevent it from rusting.
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La Tour Eiffle (Est. 1889) - centrepiece for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world's fair to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. Today a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world and the most-visited paid monument in the world.
The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall (like a 81-storey building) and the tallest structure in Paris and the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
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The Eiffel tower - La Tour Eiffle (Est. 1889) (Paris/FR)
The Eiffel tower - La Tour Eiffle (Est. 1889). A very unique landmark and construction. It's made of puddled iron (wrought iron), total weight approximately 10,100 tons. It needs 60 tons of paint every seven years to prevent it from rusting.
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La Tour Eiffle (Est. 1889) - centrepiece for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world's fair to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. Today a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world and the most-visited paid monument in the world.
The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall (like a 81-storey building) and the tallest structure in Paris and the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
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About Pixels - #monument #landmark #architecture - #LaTourEiffle #Paris #FR