The ORTF (French Radio and Television Office) took over the equipment and opened studios on top of the Eiffel Tower ... 62430-square-foot flag was suspended from the tower, which acted like ...

The Eiffel Tower (or the Tour Eiffel in French) is located in the Champ de Mars, a big public park on the banks of the Seine ...

thousands of spectators gathered near the Eiffel Tower to welcome the handover of the Olympic flag to Paris. Among the more than 5,000 people in attendance at the Trocadero Gardens were French ...

14. The tower was closed during the Nazi occupation. The monument was closed to the public during the occupation from 1940 to 1944. French resistance fighters cut the cables for the Eiffel Tower ...

The Eiffel Tower honours 72 French scientists and engineers with their names engraved on its ironwork. The Eiffel Tower, which is 1,063 feet tall and overlooks Paris, stands as a testament to the ...

The Eiffel Tower is the proud symbol of France, rising high above the rooftops of Paris as a testament to French artistry and workmanship. The tower welcomes more than 7 million visitors a year ...

The Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 World’s Fair, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the French Revolution. It was a defining moment in France’s industrial revolution ...

French engineer and entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel will forever be remembered for building the much-loved tower that has dominated the Paris skyline for over a century. But the father of the Eiffel ...