Tour Eiffel

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Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Seen from the Champ de Mars
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2014

“Eiffel reportedly rejected Koechlin’s original plan for the tower, instructing him to add more ornate flourishes. The final design called for more than 18,000 pieces of puddle iron, a type of wrought iron used in construction, and 2.5 million rivets. Several hundred workers spent two years assembling the framework of the iconic lattice tower, which at its inauguration in March 1889 stood nearly 10,000 feet high and was the tallest structure in the world—a distinction it held until the completion of New York City’s Chrysler Building in 1930. (In 1957, an antenna was added that increased the structure’s height by 65 feet, making it taller than the Chrysler Building but not the Empire State Building, which had surpassed its neighbor in 1931.) Initially, only the Eiffel Tower’s second-floor platform was open to the public; later, all three levels, two of which now feature restaurants, would be reachable by stairway or one of eight elevators.” (Eiffel Tower, A&E Television Network)

See also: Eiffel Tower - From the Palais de Chaillot - Under the Tower - Third Floor - 72 Names - Charging the Eiffel Tower

Champ de Mars

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The Champ de Mars, the École Militaire, and the Eiffel Tower
Seen from the Trocadéro
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

“The École Militaire (Military School) is a complex of buildings in Paris, France, which house various military training facilities. It was founded in 1751 by King Louis XV and is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, southeast of the Champ de Mars. The building, constructed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, has continuously housed various military schools and institutions and is now home to two staff colleges for senior French Armed Forces officers and a military research institute. It has been classified as a national monument since 1990. This site can be visited during the European Heritage Days.” (École Militaire, Wikipedia)

Eiffel Tower

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Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower) with La Défense in background
Seen from the Tour Montparnasse
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

See also: 72 Names - Third Floor - Under the Tower

Third Floor

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Third floor
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2009

72 Names

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Detail of the 72 names
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2009

Vaisseau II Mille

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“Vaisseau II Mille” (Spaceship II Thousand) by Pascal Maugein et Raphaël Lancrey-Javal
Quai de la Loire
Quartier de la Villette, 19th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Tour Eiffel

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Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2004

Eiffel Tower

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Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Avenue Anatole France
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

Palais de Chaillot

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Palais de Chaillot and Jardins du Trocadéro
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Avenue Anatole France
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Palais de Chaillot is a building atop the Chaillot hill in the Trocadéro area, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was designed in classicising "moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma. The Palais consists of two separate wings shaped to form a wide arc, which are those of the former Palais du Trocadéro with new taller portions built in front. The pair of larger central pavilions are also those of the former Palais du Trocadéro, encapsulated in new construction. The large central hall and towers of the old palais were demolished, leaving only the basement, with a wide esplanade created on top, establishing an open view from the Place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond.” (Palais de Chaillot, Wikipedia)

Champ de Mars

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Champ de Mars and École militaire
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Avenue Anatole France
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Champ de Mars is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius (Mars Field) in Rome, which was dedicated to the god Mars. The name alludes to the fact that the lawns here were formerly used as drilling and marching grounds by the French military. The nearest Métro stations are La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle, École Militaire, and Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel, an RER suburban-commuter-railway station. A disused station, Champ de Mars, is also nearby.” (Champ de Mars, Wikipedia)

Place de la Concorde

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View of Place de la Concorde
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Avenue Anatole France
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

View of La Défense

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View of La Défense
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Avenue Anatole France
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“La Défense is a major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits. It is located in Île-de-France region's department of Hauts-de-Seine in the communes of Courbevoie, La Garenne-Colombes, Nanterre, and Puteaux. La Défense is Europe's largest purpose-built business district, covering 560 hectares (1,400 acres), for 180,000 daily workers,[1][2] with 72 glass and steel buildings (of which 20 are completed skyscrapers, out of 24 in the Paris region), and 3,500,000 square metres (38,000,000 sq ft) of office space. Around its Grande Arche and esplanade (le Parvis), La Défense contains many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises. Westfield Les Quatre Temps, a large shopping mall in La Défense, has 220 stores, 48 restaurants and a 24-screen movie theatre.” (La Défense, Wikipedia)

Jardins du Trocadéro

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Palais de Chaillot
Jardins du Trocadéro (Gardens of the Trocadero)
Seen from the Eiffel Tower
Quartier de Chaillot, 16th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Jardins du Trocadéro (Gardens of the Trocadéro) is a public space in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by the Seine and the Pont d'Iéna at the Place de Varsovie, with the Eiffel Tower on the opposite bank of the Seine. The entire site was formerly the garden of the original Trocadéro Palace, laid out by Adolphe Alphand for the 1878 Exposition Universelle. The present garden has an area of 93,930 m2, and was created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937). This was the design of Parisian architect Roger-Henri Expert. During the exposition in 1937, the pavilions of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were facing each other on opposite sides of the Jardins du Trocadéro. The grounds hosted the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.” (Jardins du Trocadéro, Wikipedia)

Tour Eiffel

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Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)
Avenue Anatole France
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2002

“The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel) 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 from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed ‘La dame de fer’ (Iron Lady), it was constructed as the centrepiece of the 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The tower received 5,889,000 visitors in 2022. The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance fee in the world: 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. It was designated a monument historique in 1964, and was named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paris, Banks of the Seine) in 1991.” (Eiffel Tower, Wikipedia)