The EIFFEL TOWER <3
It is an IRON LATTICE TOWER located on the CHAMPS de MARS in PARIS, named after the engineer GUSTAVE EIFFEL, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 WORLDS FAIR, it has become both a global CULTURAL ICON of FRANCE and one of the most RECOGNIZABLE structures in the WORLD. The tower is the TALLEST STRUCTURE in PARIS and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 7.1 million people ascended it in 2011. The tower stands 320 metres (1,050 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-STOREY building. During its CONSTRUCTION, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the WASHINGTON MONUMENT to assume the title of the TALLEST man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the CHRYSLER BUILDING in NEW YORK CITY was built in 1930. However, because of the addition, in 1957, of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Wikipedia :))
The MASSIVE structure is a bit scary as you climb the stairs & below shows through, wind blowing through your hair, a darkened sky .. EXTRAORDINARY View, city lights in the distance a GOLDEN Glow!!!
“You MAY say Im a DREAMER…but Im not the only one…I HOPE some day you’ll join us” ♥ John Lennon
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