PARIS - The Eiffel Tower and the Palais de Chaillot by night

Reference : FR055

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Size : 10 x 15 cm

"Paris et ses merveilles - La Tour Eiffel et le Palais de Chaillot. Au fond, le site de la Défense"

Location of PARIS in FRANCE :

The Eiffel Tower (French : La Tour Eiffel, nickname La dame de fer, the iron woman) is an 1889 iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower, which is the tallest building in Paris, is the single most visited paid monument in the world ; millions of people ascend it every year. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair.

The tower stands 324 m tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. It was the tallest man-made structure in the world from its completion until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France after the 2004 Millau Viaduct.

The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by lift. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.

The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

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The Palais de Chaillot tops the hill close to the Eiffel Tower. It was designed in classicizing "moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma. The palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc. The wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them : instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond.

As a monument on banks of the Seine in Paris,

the Eiffel Tower is registered as a UNESCO w.h.s.

UNESCO w.h.s. :
PARIS - Banks of the Seine

Date of inscription : 1991

From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame and the Sainte Chapelle are architectural masterpieces while Haussmann's wide squares and boulevards influenced late 19th- and 20th-century town planning the world over.