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The length of the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is 324 meters high, including the antenna at the top, and without the antenna up to 300 meters, it weighs about ten thousand tons, the first floor rises above the ground by 57 meters, while the second floor rises 114 meters, and the third floor rises 274 meters, contains The tower is 108 floors with 1710 degrees, visitors can only climb the stairs of the first floor, then they should use elevators, knowing that the number of elevators in the Eiffel Tower is two, and it is noted that the Eiffel Tower is one of the examples of modern architecture as it is made of iron.
The reason for building the Eiffel Tower
France held an international exhibition in 1889 AD, in celebration of the achievement that was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the French Revolution, where the French government organized a competition to design an iron tower, aiming at this to create a wonderful experience for visitors, and on that 107 plans were shared, and the winner was the engineer and entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel, with the assistance of architect Stephen Sauvestry, engineers Maurice Kechlin and Emile Nuger.
General information about the Eiffel Tower
There is a lot of information about the Eiffel Tower, including:
- The length of the Eiffel Tower changes with the change of seasons, as it is made of iron, as the metal of the tower expands when exposed to sunlight in summer, which leads to the height of the structure by 17.5 cm.
- The tower is painted in gradient colors, as the tower is painted in a dark color, and grades towards the lighter towards the bottom.
- The Eiffel Tower includes a newspaper office and a post office, in addition to the presence of scientific laboratories, a theater and an ice rink.
- The paint is renewed with 50 to 60 tons of paint every seven years.
- There are five billion lamps in the Eiffel Tower.
- There is no purpose to build the tower, but to show the French creativity and architectural skill to the world.
