Eiffel tower
| Eiffel Tower | |
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| Tour Eiffel | |
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The Eiffel Tower seen from
the Champ de Mars |
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 Location within Paris
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| Record height | |
| Tallest in the world from 1889 to 1930 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Observation tower Broadcasting tower |
| Location | 7th arrondissement, Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′29.6″N 2°17′40.2″E / 48.858222°N 2.294500°ECoordinates: 48°51′29.6″N 2°17′40.2″E / 48.858222°N 2.294500°E |
| Construction started | 28 January 1887 |
| Completed | 15 March 1889 |
| Opening | 31 March 1889 (127 years ago) |
| Owner | City of Paris, France |
| Management | Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Tip | 324 m (1,063 ft) |
| Top floor | 276 m (906 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Lifts/elevators | 8 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Stephen Sauvestre |
| Structural engineer |
Maurice Koechlin Émile Nouguier |
| Main contractor | Compagnie des Etablissements Eiffel |
| Website | |
| toureiffel |
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| References | |
| I. ^ Eiffel Tower at Emporis | |
The Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl ˈtaʊər/ EYE-fəl TOWR; French: Tour Eiffel, pronounced: [tuʁ‿ɛfɛl] 
listen) 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.
Constructed from 1887–89 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.
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