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The Eiffel Tower
A community portal about The Eiffel Tower with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris. It is the tallest structure in Paris and... [more]
A community portal about The Eiffel Tower with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris. It is the tallest structure in Paris and possibly the most recognized symbol in the world . Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, it is the most visited monument in the world; 6,428,441 people visited the tower in 2005 and more than 200,000,000 since its construction . Including the 20.75 m antenna, the structure is 320.75 m high which is about 81 stories. In 1902, it was struck by lightning, which caused builders to reconstruct 300 feet of the top. The lights illuminating the tower also had to be replaced, due to short-circuiting.
This helpful list of "Ten Commandments for Con Men" comes from one of the great international charlatans of the 20th century, "Count" Victor Lustig, who had 25 aliases.The Count's most unusual scam was selling the Eiffel Tower. Having read in Paris that upkeep on the Eiffel Tower was expensive for the French government, he forged some official government stationery, and as a government official, he called five wealthy European scrap merchants...
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A romantic romp under the stars in Paris is the plot of a new perfume ad starring Justin Timberlake, shooting at night around the Eiffel Tower this week. Like an aging diva, the Tower won't travel for just anyone, so the singer/actor had to come to her. The shoot, for Givenchy's cologne "Play," feature Timberlake and an actress crossing the Champ de Mars and scaling the tower at night. Since an earlier spot for the fragrance included...
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;1925 to 1934: Illuminated signs for [[Citroën]] adorned three of the tower's four sides, making it the tallest advertising space in the world at the time.
;1925 to 1934: Illuminated signs for [[Citroën]] adorned three of the tower's four sides, making it the tallest advertising space in the world at the...
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The £15 million monument at London's Olympic park would be funded by funded by Lakshmi Mittal Britain's richest man.
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