TheEiffelTowerwasbuiltfor来自theInternationalExhibitionofParisof1889commemoratingthecentenaryoftheFrenchRevolution.ThePrinc随段卷民孙降孔切准班磁eofWales,laterKingEdwardVIIofEngland,open基季edthetowe拉时乎困两审r.Ofthe700proposalssubmittedinadesigncompetition,GustaveEiffel'swasunanimouslychosen.
360问答Howeveritwa还响振见snotacceptedbya不罪任生令负右然破测llatfirst,andapetitionof300货洲尔种周适names-includingthoseofMaupassant,EmileZola,CharlesGarnier(architectoftheOpéraGarnier),andDuma紧歌破始stheYounger-protesteditsconstruction.
At300metres(320.75m场走节声失千烟首标板includingantenna),and7000tons,it问执wastheworld'stallestbuildinguntil1930.Otherstatisticsinclude:
2.5millionrivets.
300steelworkers,and2years(1887-1889)to置烈校适号constructit.
Swayofatmost12cminhighwinds.
H称件没被eightvari工传安究委精配确西宣esupto15cmdependingontemperature.
15,000ironpieces(excludingri雨按握vets).
40tonsofpaint.
1652step环背林争评鲜委粮stothetop.
Itwasalmosttorndownin1909,butwassavedbecause命之沙营得孙是电浓接花ofitsantenna-usedfortelegraphyatth列attime.Beginningin1910i造律风调元那胶便由聚属tbecamep针亲混友该artoftheInternationalTimeService.Frenchradio(since1918),andFrenchtelevision(since1957)havealsomadeuseofitsstature.
Duringitslifetime,theEiffelTowerhasalsowitnessedafewstrangescenes,includingbeingscaledbyamountaineerin1954,andparachutedoffofin1984bytwoEnglishmen.In1923ajournalistrodeabicycledownfromthefirstlevel.Someaccountssayherodedownthestairs,otheraccountssuggesttheexteriorofoneofthetower'sfourlegswhichslopeoutward.
However,ifitsbirthwasdifficult,itisnowcompletelyacceptedandmustbelistedasoneofthesymbolsofParisitself.
Thetowerhasthreeplatforms.Arestaurant(extremelyexpensive;reservationsabsolutelynecessary),theJulesVerneisonthesecondplatform.Thetopplatformhasabar,souvenirshop,andthe(recentlyrestored)officeofGustaveEiffel.
Fromitsplatforms-especiallythetopmost-theviewuponParisissuperb.Itisgenerallyagreedthatonehourbeforesunset,thepanoramaisatitsbest.