The Eiffel Tower gets taller every summer. Here’s how - The structure was originally dubbed the 300-metre tower, but that’s ...

The iconic Eiffel Tower quietly grows in summer heat, stretching several inches, then retreats in winter chill. Explore the ...

Gustave Eiffel did not design the Eiffel Tower himself Two of his senior engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, drafted the first version in 1884. At first, Eiffel wasn’t impressed by ...

The Eiffel Tower is a world-famous milestone, symbolizing not only Paris but also the 19th-century Europe of Europe and engineering skills. Above the champion De Mars near the Sine River, it ...

Built for the 1889 World’s Fair — which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution — engineer Gustave Eiffel’s tower was only intended to stand for 20 years.

Of this quantity 800,000 were riveted up by hand on the tower itself, during the work of fixing together the finished pieces which had been completed at M. Eiffel's establishment at Leval-lois ...

A hexagon-shaped piece of the Eiffel Tower on a gold medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images The brackets holding the iron in place also mimic the design of the ...

To preserve the spirit of the Games, Paris' mayor has proposed making the five Olympic rings installed on the Eiffel Tower a permanent fixture. Now the Eiffel family has gotten involved.

The Eiffel Tower was constructed in 1889 ahead of a world's fair in Paris and has undergone several rounds of renovation work in the more than 100 years since. During some of those renovations ...

Olympic-goers attending events near the Eiffel Tower reap the benefits of an ongoing renovation effort sparked in anticipation of the games. In 2019, an international design competition tasked ...

Mr. Estanguet said the iron used in the medals will be recycled fragments from the Eiffel Tower’s original 1889 construction that had been sitting unused in a warehouse after renovation work.

Specialists have estimated that the Eiffel Tower actually grows between 12 and 15 centimeters when comparing its size on cold ...