Eiffel Tower is the tallest tower and raised in Paris is a beautiful city, this towerstands of tahun1887 and leave the histories of Paris at the time of this tower hasinvited many of its visiting foreign countries and people within the country itself thistower very high and what more beautiful at night this tower can be viewed from a distance because the height and the lights lit.
Tower Eiffel Tower was built for the purpose of the International Fair in Paris in 1889 tocommemorate one hundred years the French Revolution. The Prince of Wales, wholater became King Edward VII of England, inaugurated the tower itu.Di among 700 proposals to be included in a design competition, Gustave Eiffel was chosen in secret.
In the beginning was not accepted by everyone, there is a petition of 300 pieces,among others, of Maupassant, Emile Zola, Charles Garnier (architect of the OperaGarnier), and the younger Dumas, protesting its construction. Until 1930, the tower as high as 320.75 m (including antenna) and weighs 7000 tons which was the tallest building in the world. Eiffel tower standing licensed for 20 years, which means it must be dismantled in1909, when ownership transferred to the City of Paris. The city had planned to tear it down (part of the original contest rules for designing a tower that is easy to tear down)but after this tower proved extremely profitable in terms of communication, the tower was left standing after the permit expires. For example, the military uses it to arrange a taxi Paris on the front lines during the First Battle of the Marne, and the battle was a victory tower.
Project Leader: Mr. Gustave Eiffel was assisted by, among other things, the engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier and Stephen Sauvestre as an architect.
Plan the project began in 1884. Despite all the obstacles above, the Development of the tower began in 1887 and was completed 26 months later in 1889. It has been planned for this tower will be torn down after the ongoing World Exposition weekend 1900. However, the experiment successfully from radio transmissions that are controlled by the French Army before the days of restoration ultimately save the Eiffel tower.
Lighting: "Iron Girl" is illuminated with 352 watts and 1000 projectors blinkevery hour at night with 20,000 bulbs and 800 light disco.
In order to make the tower seem more alive, 4 laser xenon lamp 6000 watts of power spinning permanently in the top of the tower.
Number of households: 1665 households for visitors who love sports. There are 2 lifts that go up to level two while you can find various souvenir shops.
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