Many beautiful words described the Eiffel Tower during the centuries. Its very name comes from one who constructed it and made it the most important achievement of his career, Gustav Eiffel (1832-1923). The work on the foundations commenced in the winter of 1887 (January 26 ); imagine that back then there were no cranes and the workers had only spades to use for what was to become the highest building of the world, as it was in those days. The foundations are 15 meters underground where the feet of the tower are set and held within.
Iron was used for making this monument and as Gustav Eiffel was explaining this choice to the illuminated minds of the time that were worried about the weight of the tower, "it is not heavier than a house in Paris". The total weight of the tower is 10100 tones. After a series of fierce argumentative battles with the opponents of the project, the main argument for the its sustainability was the science development. It was scientists that gave important support to the building of this tower motivating their interests in the different experiments that could be run here from in a variety of fields like physics, astronomy, telecommunication, etc.
Inaugurated in 1889 in the 31th of March, this edifice in the embodiment of man’s ambition and thirst for knowledge. Its height initially was 312 meters but nowadays it measures 324 meters. The tower has a total of three platforms: the first, built at 57 m above ground, shelters different restaurants where you can enjoy food as you prefer – on the go or savoring an exquisite dinner on a large enough display place of 4,415 m2. Oh, don’t forget about the souvenirs! You are most likely to find something to suit your taste as around 50 merchants try their best to tempt you with their vivid souvenirs display.
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