It was a brilliant idea, literally and figuratively. Awestruck residents admired it. Scientists praised it. Newspapers and magazines glorified it. The tower would come to symbolize the city. Paris and ...

Paris has an abundance of beautiful sites: Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe and many more. But the Eiffel Tower stands as the iconic landmark of France’s capital—although it’s only been ...

It has become the literal symbol of Paris and France, and one of the wonders of the contemporary world. The Eiffel Tower is now inscribed in the minds of every human being who has ever heard of the ...