History of the Establishment of the French Eiffel Tower Building

Tour Eiffel, is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars on the banks of the River Seine in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and one of the world famous structures.

This structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance to the Exposition Universelle, a World Fair celebrating a century of French Revolution. Eiffel was actually planning to build a tower in Baecelona, ​​for the Universal Exposition of 1888, but the responsible parties at the Town Hall of Barcelona found it strange and expensive, and did not fit the city. After the rejection of the Barcelona Plan, Eiffel sent his draft to the responsible person for the Universal Exposition in Paris, where he built the tower a year later, in 1889. The tower was inaugurated on March 31, 1889, and opened on May 6. Three hundred workers combined with 18,083 parts of ferrous iron (a pure form of structural iron), using two and a half million spikes, in structural form by Maurice Koechelin. The risk of accidents is enormous, for the unusually modern skyscraper the tower is open without a middle tier except two platforms. But because the Eiffel took a cautious stance, including the use of moving pallets, auxiliary rails and screens, and in this case only one died.

The tower consists of three floors. The first floor at a height of 57 meters, second floor 115 meters, and third floor 276 meters. This tower height is 312.27 meters, plus the height of the antenna becomes 324 meters.

Until 1930, Eiffel built from iron weighing 15 thousand tons set as the highest tower in the world.

Although it looks solid, this tower can still be a bit shaken when the day is windy. Even in 1999, a hurricane has caused the tower to move 13 cm from its original position. Even happened, due to the Sun, Eiffel slightly inclined up to 18 cm.

In addition, there are many stories behind the existence of this tower. Starting from the rejection of local residents because it is considered dangerous when one day collapsed. Once built, this tower should be dismantled 20 years later.

However, in the end, the inhabitants turned to the attitude of agreeing because the masterpiece brought profits to the image of Paris.

The Tragic Story Behind Romanticism of the Eiffel Tower

• PARIS - The Eiffel Tower not only keeps a romantic story in its days of decorating the City of Paris. The French capital's icon is also a tragic story.

• The Paris Security Unit a few days ago guarded the Eiffel Tower tight after a tourist climbed to the top of the tower and then jumped to death. The victim was 25 years old and allegedly committed suicide.

• Once traced further, it turns out the victim is a tourist from Israel, who was seen in the Eiffel Tower area since Sunday night. Police evacuated and closed the Eiffel Tower after seeing it climb onto the 1,603-foot tower at 11:30 pm local time.

• The man ignored the police warning and continued climbing to the top of the tower. He remained there until Monday morning, where police and firefighters coaxed him down. Finally, the man jumped from the top of the Eiffel Tower, fell on the second floor of the tower, then died instantly.

• Eiffel Tower Management admits this is not the first time the Eiffel Tower made a location suicide. They say it has tightened security and added a safety net to prevent this from happening. Similarly, as reported by Dailymail, Wednesday (27/06/2012).

• According to records, there are currently 341 suicide cases in the Eiffel Tower. The first case of death occurred in 1911, when a tailor, Frantz Reichelt, died while trying a cloak that he believed could make him fly.

• This tower got various criticism from society when in wake, calling it disturbing eye. The daily newspaper is filled with letters of criticism from the art community in Paris.

• Eiffel has a tower standing permit for 20 years, which means to be dismantled in 1909, when ownership was handed over to the City of Paris. The city had planned to tear it down (part of the original contest rules to design a tower that was easy to tear down) but after this tower proved to be profitable in terms of communication, the tower was left standing after the permit expired. For example, the Military uses it to arrange Parisian taxis at the forefront during the First Marne Battle, and becomes a monomen of battle victory.

• The tallest building in France and a symbol of the country, the "Eiffel Tower" or more is given the "Iron Tower" jabokan because almost all of its material is iron rather than iron. Fostered by a great cousin named "Gustave Eiffel", the Eiffel Tower gets its name from its maker to commemorate his services. The uniqueness of this monument has captivated the eyes of the world and has been adhering to the crowds of tourists until it is said that the tower is often visited in the world as many as 6,428,441 travelers and more 200 million since he is ready to be fostered.

• Opened with his race on 31 Mac 1889, Eiffel Tower which has a height of 300 meters (1,063 feet) and on top of this 24-meter TV 'Antenna Televisyen' takes 2 years to prepare. In addition to use for tourism Eiffel Tower also used as a Tower Observer. Has 3 lifts that is in the bottom, middle and tower

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• Lif is required for this high-rise building to transport travelers up and down. Did you know all the lifts of this Eiffel Tower if calculated the number of annual uses is simultaneously with 2 and a half times around the world or more than 103.000 km.

• This tower swayed a bit when it was a windy day. But in 1999, a noisy scene had caused it to move 13 sm from its original position. In fact the sun may also cause this tower inclines so that 18 sm.

• Iron tower is also required caress. It was painted every 7 years, but not just any paint used. After undergoing a serious conversation session, the color of copper with 3 tona variations has been chosen because the combination of 3 different colors is considered to match the color of the Paris lagit.

• During the official opening of the Eiffel Tower, his juror "Gustave Eiffel" climbed all 1,710 steps to the top of the tower to self-flag the French flag.

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