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La
Tour Eiffel: View underneath |
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Tour Eiffel: View underneath |
North
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from atop La Tour Eiffel Palais de Chaillot |
View of Paris Streets from atop La Tour Eiffel |
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from atop La Tour Eiffel: Hôtel des Invalides |
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from atop La Tour Eiffel: Arc de Triomphe |
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from atop La Tour Eiffel: The Seine River |
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from atop La Tour Eiffel: Seine River, Grand Palais, Petit Palais |
La Tour Eiffel TV Tower | Wax Figures of Thomas Edison and Gustave Eiffel | ||||
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The symbol of Paris ... 985 feet high. It was originally erected for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 and was supposed to be torn down a few years later. However, it found a permanent role as a radio and TV tower. Plans for the tower covered 6000 yards of paper. Its weight is 7000 tons. It contains 2.5 million rivets; houses a glass pavilion holding 800 people; and took 2 years to build. It has recently been renovated. Standing underneath, it is fascinating to look up at the steel lace work shooting into the sky. On the top level there is a small apartment that holds amazingly life-like wax figures of Monsier Gustave Eiffel and Thomas Edison. Edison's wax figure is presenting Eiffel with a phonograph machine. |
