Eiffel Tower {Famous Sights Post}

by Boldi, 8th grade

EIFFEL TOWER

Designer: Stephen Sauvestre

The Eiffel Tower is a really famous place for tourists. The tower is in Paris. Paris is the capital of France.

Some facts about the tower according to The Telegraph's website:

1.          Completed on March 31, 1889, the tower was the world’s tallest man-made structure for 41 years until the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York in 1930. 

2.          It is 324 metres tall (including antennas) and weighs 10,100 tonnes.

3.          It is possible to climb to the top, but there are 1,665 steps. Most people take the lift.

4.           The lifts travel a combined distance of 103,000 km a year – two and a half times the circumference of.