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Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower, a huge structure of steel with short puddle iron content, was presented to the Paris Exposition of 1889. The Prince of Wales attended the opening ceremony. Of the 701 projects proposed in a design competition, has been chosen jointly create a large scale French structural engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Created to celebrate the achievements of science and technology of its time, this impressive structure is 310 million and 985 feet including the antenna and weighs almost 7,000 tons. The Eiffel was the highest European authority on the aerodynamics of senior executives in the construction of the Eiffel Tower, Arc tower base has been properly designed for turning and cutting wind pressures have been changing troop strength, the curves can not support more effectively. Such was the genius of Eiffel magic that even the strongest wind pressure tower make changes more than 4-1/2 inches attic. The wonderful skyscrapers built since 1960, as the World Trade Center, were built very similarly. The Eiffel Tower is fully recognized by the foreign residents in French, and is recognized worldwide as a symbol of Paris itself.
Among the three stages of the tower – in particular, the highest of – the view of Paris is wonderful and beautiful. To maximize the view of Paris, we suggest you visit the Eiffel Tower from 7:00 to 9:00 pm GMT, while the City of Light is the most excellent.
In all likelihood, the best advance of the tower is to take the subway to the train station and walk from the Trocadéro Palais de Chaillot to the Seine.
During the night of the Eiffel Tower is one of the major exhibitions in Paris and you should never miss the opportunity to visit this place.