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View on the East pillar from the garden

Is the Eiffel Tower mounted on cylinders?

A tenacious legend says that the Eiffel Tower is mounted on cylinders. What is it really? - By Bertrand Lemoine
130 years
Photo de la Tour Eiffel en construction

The artists who protested the Eiffel Tower

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.
130 years
Building of the Eiffel Tower

How did they build the Tower so quickly?

Twenty-two months to build a Tower: that’s a record! By Bertrand Lemoine
130 years
Exposition Universelle 1889

The Tower as the highlight of the 1889 World Exhibition

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.
130 years
Vue sur la structure de la tour Eiffel

What is the Eiffel Tower made of?

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

Who was Gustave Eiffel?

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.
130 years
Dessin projet tour Eiffel

How was the Eiffel Tower invented?

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.
130 years
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