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Eiffel tower
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous monuments of tourism in the world, which is visited annually by about seven million tourists, and it is a French tower located in the city of Paris, specifically in the far northwestern part of the Champ de Mars park near the Seine River, built by Mr. Gustave Eiffel in the year 1889 AD for The occasion of the international exhibition for the city of Paris, named after the 300-meter tower during the opening, and construction continued in it for a period of two years but five months; construction began from the year 1887AD in January to 1889AD in the month of March.
Weight of the Eiffel Tower
The weight of the tower is ten tons, and it consists of eighteen thousand and thirty-eight pieces of iron, and its height is three hundred and twenty four meters (1063 feet), and it rises above the sea level thirty-three and a half meters, and it is based on four pillars, and includes seven elevators, two million and five hundred thousand One million nails, one thousand six hundred and sixty-five degrees.
Eiffel has three floors with different heights; the first floor has a height of 57.63 m, the second floor has a height of 115.75 m, and the third floor has a height of 276.13 m.
Various information about the Eiffel Tower
- He worked in the construction of the tower two hundred and fifty workers, fifty engineers, and today he has five hundred employees; of whom two hundred and fifty employees belong to the SETE, and two hundred and fifty employees in other bodies.
- It was named the tallest building in the world between 1889 CE and 1930 CE, and it was registered as a historical monument in 1964 AD, and in 1991 AD it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
- Since its establishment, it has been painted eighteen times, and its property belongs to the Paris municipality.
- The tower is famous for its versatility as:
- A watchtower and an experimental laboratory, where scientists used it in many of their experiments as an experiment to monitor the weather and the fall of free objects, as it constructed an air tunnel for some research and scientific experiments in the year 1909 AD.
- Industrial lighting, which was placed in the year 1899 AD before the opening, and restaurants. The tower includes two large restaurants.
- Broadcast for many French radio and radio stations, as it was actually used in broadcasting in the year 1920 AD.
The importance of the Eiffel Tower
In the year 1909 AD, it was decided to remove the Eiffel Tower because it was constructed for a temporary goal, but it was saved by realizing its value for radio broadcasting, and in World War I realized its value in tracking radio communications to the enemy with the aim of conveying warnings concerning the German Zeppelin airships, and in World War II when Hitler ordered the destruction of the most important landmarks of the city, but the order failed to implement it.
