Tour Eiffel


The Eiffel Tower is 318.7 meters high, including the television antenna at the very tip. In 1889, the height was 312.27 meters with flagpole. They are 1652 steps in all to the top. There are lifts to the top.

It was built in 1889 for the Exposition Universelle (World Fair), it started in 1884 and it took 2 years two months and 5 days to build. In 1957 it was used as a trasmtter for the French Television.

The Floor Map of the Tour Eiffel

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