20Nov The Symbol of Paris, Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower has its name after the engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. For two years, 1887-1889, three hundred steel workers struggling to join 18,038 steel by 2.5 million steel bolts. When you think about security measures in the 19th century is remarkable that only one worker died during the construction of the tower.The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the banks of the Seine in Paris. Originally conceived as a structure to commemorate the French Revolution, nobody could have imagined that 100 years later, Eiffel Tower became the symbol of Paris.By far the ...