Once completed, the tower became the gateway to ... For many, it offered the first aerial view of Paris. The top hid Gustave Eiffel's office, in which he welcomed personalities throughout the ...

When I first moved to Paris nearly ... Saint-Dominique is a great place to snap a photo that blends typical Parisian ...

The Eiffel Tower was ... inextricably linked to the tower—72 French scientists and engineers’ names are engraved into the iron that surrounds the Tower’s first floor, including physicist ...

March 31 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, the Eiffel ... the first time. In 1948, the U.S. Congress passed the Marshall Aid Act, a plan to rehabilitate war-ravaged Europe. File Photo ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: For the best photo opportunities of the Eiffel ... Visitors can walk up to the first floor of the Eiffel Tower or take the elevator all the way up to the top, where they ...

During the First World War, at the Battle of the Marne in 1914, the wireless telegraph transmitter helped jam German communications. 10. The Eiffel Tower can withstand strong winds. Eiffel ...

The first time, in 1909 ... U.S. News Insider Tip: For the best photo opportunities of the Eiffel Tower, head to Place du Trocadéro. (Just expect to contend with some crowds!) ...

See 11 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors ... nets and set up on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower.

Having won the 2014 French Open women’s title after defeating Romania’s Simona Halep, the 27-year-old celebrated in style with a Trocadero photo shoot in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.