History

The Eiffel Tower was invented as a challenge—to make the world’s highest tower. But would it have been built without the experience that the Eiffel company acquired in tall metal viaducts? By Bertrand Lemoine

A tenacious legend says that the Eiffel Tower is mounted on cylinders. What is it really? - By Bertrand Lemoine

Before its construction, the Eiffel Tower was not popular with everyone! This is an amusing anthology of the ”love” it received from the artistic world. By Bertrand Lemoine.

Twenty-two months to build a Tower: that’s a record! By Bertrand Lemoine

The 1889 World Exhibition is at the origin of the Eiffel Tower. Open to the public on May 15, 1889, the Tower, as the Fair’s main attraction, stunned the world with its dimensions and bold construction. By Bertrand Lemoine.

To know everything about the only material that makes up the Tower: puddle iron. By Bertrand Lemoine.

Gustave Eiffel had the very rare privilege of enjoying worldwide fame thanks to the Tower that bears his name. But who was he really? By Bertrand Lemoine.

Discover how the 984-ft (300m) tall Tower project was really born and who, behind Gustave Eiffel, were the inventors of the Tower. By Bertrand Lemoine.