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Eiffel Tower

tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France

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The Eiffel Tower is a tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is one of the world's most recognizable structures and serves as an iconic symbol of Paris and French culture.

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Mass: 10100
Official website: www.toureiffel.paris/it
Image: Tour Eiffel Wikimedia Commons.jpg
Height: 330

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Commons gallery: Tour Eiffel
Commons category: Eiffel Tower
floors above ground: 3
inception: 1889-03-31
visitors per year: 6207303
number of elevators: 8
date of official opening: 1889-05-15
postal code: 75007
native label: tour Eiffel
webcam page URL: www.skylinewebcams.com/fr/webcam/france/ile-de-france/paris/tour-eiffel.html
public domain date: 1993-00-00
social media followers: 356097
ground level 360 degree view URL: 360stories.com/paris/place/eiffel-tower-at-night
hashtag: EiffelTower
number of viewers/listeners: 1229619
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The Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a 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 from 1887 to 1889.

Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady") for its use of wrought iron, it was constructed as the centrepiece of the 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The tower received 5,889,000 visitors in 2022. The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance fee in the world: 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. It was designated a monument historique in 1964, and was named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ("Paris, Banks of the Seine") in 1991.