-
The project for the construction of the Eiffel Tower was based on responding to a competition published in the Official Gazette on the occasion of the Universal Exposition of 1889. Gustave Eiffel's project was chosen.
-
The first excavations were carried out in January 1887, the first floor was completed in April 1888, and the second floor in August of that year.
-
The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated on the 31st to commemorate the first centenary of the French Revolution.
-
On March 5 it was open to all public
-
It was used for the military and also helped in World War II
-
The first public radio broadcast
-
Forty years after its construction, the Eiffel Tower obtained the title of tallest building in the world.
-
In World War II, Hitler ordered its demolition but the French army refused
-
In a negotiation between Charles de Gaulle and the mayor of Montreal, the Eiffel Tower almost moved to Canada
-
The tower lighting was renovated in 2003. This required the work of 25 climbers for 5 months and 20,000 light bulbs.
-
In 2014 its 150th anniversary was celebrated
-
Today the Eiffel Tower is the icon of Paris and the symbol of France, it is also one of the tourist places with the most visits, receiving the amount of more than 7 million people a year.
