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The Eiffel Tower French: tour The tower has three levels for
Eiffel is a wrought iron lattice tower on visitors, with restaurants on the first and
the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is second levels. The top level's upper
named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, platform is 276 m (906 ft) above the
whose company designed and built the ground – the highest observation
tower. deck accessible to the public in
the European Union. Tickets can be
Constructed from 1887–89 as the purchased to ascend by stairs or lift to the
entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was first and second levels. The climb from
initially criticized by some of France's ground level to the first level is over 300
leading artists and intellectuals for its steps, as is the climb from the first level to
design, but it has become a global cultural the second. Although there is a staircase
icon of France and one of the most to the top level, it is usually accessible only
recognisable structures in the world. The by lift.
Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid
monument in the world; 6.91 million
people ascended it in 2015.
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