The most famous French structure

If I tell you United Kingdom, Italy, Brazil, United States or France... what do you think of?

I think: Big Ben, The Colosseum, The Christ Redeemer Statue, The Statue of Liberty and The Eiffel Tower...

Beautiful and breath taking, all of them!!!

Every country has its symbol for the foreign people and of course France symbol his The Eiffel Tower. But did you know The Eiffel Tower wasn't suppose to stay forever? How unbelievable is that? Especially when you know that it is the most visited structure in the World.

You couldn't possibly visit Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower. Even if you do not want to visit this world famous structure, and I strongly recommend you do, you will see its top from all over Paris. The tower rises 300 meters tall (984 ft); when its was completed at the end of the 19th century it was at the time the tallest structure in the world.

The construction started on the month of January 28, 1887 and required more than 2 years to accomplish. the tower was inaugurated on March 31, 1889.

The Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition in 1889, held in celebration of the French Revolution in 1789.

The construction was only meant to last for the duration of the Exposition, but it still stands today, despite all protests from contemporary artists who feared the construction would not fit into the architecture of Paris.

Today, there is no such aversion anymore among the Parisians, and one could not imagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower, in fact it has become the symbol of the City of Light.

How majestic !!!

The man behind the Eiffel Tower was Gustave Eiffel, known from his revolutionary bridge building techniques, as employed in the great viaduct at Garabit in 1884. These techniques would form the basis for the construction of the Eiffel Tower. He was also known for the construction of the Statue of Liberty's iron framework.