The Eiffel Tower
A landmark of Paris architecture
Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in
Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose
company designed and built the tower.
Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was
constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's
Fair and was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists
and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural
icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the
world. The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance
fee in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.
The Tower was made a Monument historique in 1964 and named part of
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.
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