A Tower as seen from a different Tower.

The most emblematic icon of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, as seen from Tour Montparnasse.... more

by Pablo Lopez

Title

A Tower as seen from a different Tower.

Artist

Pablo Lopez

Medium

Photograph - Digital Image

Description

The most emblematic icon of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, as seen from Tour Montparnasse.

The Eiffel Tower, or La tour Eiffel in French, is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It was named after the engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world.

Gustave Eiffel engraved on the tower seventy-two names of French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in recognition of their contributions. Eiffel chose this "invocation of science" because of his concern over the artists' protests against the tower. This engraving was painted over at the beginning of the twentieth century but restored in 1986 and1987 by the Societe Nouvelle d'exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, a company contracted to operate business related to the Tower.

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November 2nd, 2015