When the Eiffel Tower was first built in 1889 for the World's Fair in Paris, France, it was the tallest structure in the world. It held that title for 42 years until it was overtaken by the Chrysler ...

March 31 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by its designer, Gustave Eiffel, during the Universal Exhibition of Arts and ...

New York City's most famous landmark took an unexpected swipe at Paris's Eiffel Tower in a viral TikTok soundtracked to Sabrina Carpenter's "Manchild." The Empire State Building's official TikTok ...

Two of his senior engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, drafted the first version in 1884. At first, Eiffel wasn’t impressed by their sketches—he thought they looked too plain. But once ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To give an idea of how light the tower is, its weight of 7,300 tonnes is close to the weight of the volume of air contained within ...

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. That ...