PARIS – The Eiffel Tower proved mortal Friday night. It sparkled, dazzled and delighted during a light show near the end of the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics. But it could not stop the ...

The Eiffel Tower can indeed grow and contract in the summer and winter, respectively. However, the growth is only a few millimeters — not up to 6 inches, as many social media posts claim.

A July 27 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows the Eiffel Tower with its lights off at night. "Reports are some areas in Paris lost power!" reads the post's caption. "This was the ...

at no moment was the Eiffel Tower itself threatened by flames." The tower's lower floors were being re-opened to tourists late on Tuesday evening. The attraction stays open to visitors until midnight ...

French police arrested a man who was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower just a few hours before ... Denis area will be mobilized late into Sunday night to ensure safety on the last day of the Olympics.

"Ashley wanted to see the Eiffel Tower at night and had been talking about the twinkling lights for a long time. So, on our last night, we went," Eisdorfer said. Because they were staying further ...

Forty-five minutes into the first game of beach volleyball in Paris’s Eiffel Tower Stadium on Tuesday ... the Earth has tilted sometime in the night, and France is now one of them.