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HAPPY BIRTHDAY EIFFEL TOWER

0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 7/19/2007 11:47:00 AM.

120 years ago, construction works began on a structure that was to become one of the worlds most celebrated tourist attractions. The first iron parts were erected on the first of June 1887, and construction work lasted exactly 2 years, 2 months and 5 days, and has been visited by 222 million visitors since its opening for the 1889 World's Fair.

The number of visitors per year since 1889


The 1900 Exhibition


Remembering the first base jumper of the Eiffel tower, a sad historic video

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