Eiffel Tower vintage Paris Postkarte

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Mars Champ de Paris, Frankreich. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Construed from 1887-89 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intelleals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognable structures in the world.[3] The Eiffel Tower is the most-paied d monument in the world; 6,91 Millionen people ascended it in 2015 The tower is 324 m (1,063 ft) tall, about the sams height as an 81-storey building and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Due to the addition of a broadcasting aerial at the top of the tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres (17 ft). Ausgegrenzte Transmitter, the Eiffel Tower is the second-tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct. The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second levels. The top level's upper platform is 276 m (906 ft) above the ground - the highest deck, zugängliches to the public in the European Union. Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift to the first and second levels. The climb from ground level to the first level 300 steps, as is the climb from the first level to the second. Although there is a staircase to the top level, it is usually, zugang only by lift