The Eiffel Tower was built from 1887. It is divided into three floors, which are 57.6m,115.7m and 276. 1 m above the ground respectively. There are restaurants on the first and second floors, and observation deck on the third floor. From the tower foundation to the top of the tower, there is 1768.
On May 1889 and 15, in order to cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony of the World Expo, Gustav Eiffel, the designer of the tower, personally raised the French flag 300 meters above the tower. Therefore, in order to commemorate his contribution to France and Paris, a bronze bust was specially built for him under the tower.
Until June 65438+10/October 65438+June 2004, in order to bid for the 20 12 Summer Olympic Games, the Paris Municipal Government of France specially introduced its preparations for the Olympic bid on the Eiffel Tower, which became a "natural advertisement" for the country's Olympic bid.
This metal building, which was completed for the World Expo, remained the tallest building in the world for 45 years until the appearance of the Empire State Building in New York. It is fixed by 6.5438+0.5 million rivets. It is said that its pressure on the ground is only as great as that of a person sitting in a chair. The four sides of the tower are engraved with the names of 72 scientists, all of whom are engaged in research to protect the tower from being destroyed.
Editors from Criticism to Praise
Like all innovative buildings in Paris, the Eiffel Tower has been ignored and rejected by most Parisians from the beginning, not to mention the sharp criticism from architectural and urban planning experts. Although the designer of the Eiffel Tower declared that "France will be the only country in the world to fly the national flag at an altitude of 300 meters", it could not convince people from all walks of life who opposed the tower for a while. The Times even published an appeal signed by 300 people against Eiffel's design scheme, arguing that the pagoda would completely destroy the artistic style of Parisian architecture, including Mo Bosang and Dumas. Even after the tower was built, the voice of criticism never stopped. Gagniere asked the government to dismantle it; Wei Erlun, a famous French poet and a representative figure of symbolism, immediately chose another route every time he passed the tower to avoid seeing its "ugly" image. For a time, the storm triggered by the Eiffel Tower swept the whole city of Paris. It was only because of the great contribution of the iron tower to radio communication in World War I that the opposition gradually subsided. Since then, the Eiffel Tower has a formal position in Paris. Gradually accepted and loved, and finally became a painter's canvas. Utry Rowe, the only son of Valadon, a famous landscape painter, and Henry and Rousseau, the original painters, once described it heartily, and Pohlner, a French surrealist poet, once praised it in his poems. An engineer who never thought of taking art as the starting point created the greatest works of art in contemporary times; It is indeed a great irony that a monumental iron tower was not built for a broadcasting launch pad, but was recognized by people because it played the role of a launch pad.
Three watchtower editors
The French say that the Eiffel Tower is the "watchtower of the capital", which is true. It has three observation platforms: upper, middle and lower, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time. The three observation platforms have different horizons and bring different interests. For a century, about 3 million people have climbed to the top of the tower every year to overlook the city of Paris. The top observation deck is 274 meters from the ground. If you go up the steps of 1652, it will take almost an hour. Of course, you can also climb by elevator. This is the best place to see from a distance. It will make people feel that the noisy Paris suddenly quieted down and turned into a huge map, with countless lines of different widths drawn from all the streets. The whole Paris is at your feet. When you have a clear vision during the day, you can expect to be 60 kilometers away. The middle observation deck is 1 15m from the ground. Some people say that you can see the best scenery from this floor. Indeed, the pale yellow Arc de Triomphe Tower, the Louvre in the shade and the white Sacred Heart Church in Montmartre are all clearly visible and colorful. When you climb the tower in the evening, you will see the night is picturesque, the lights are like brocade and the trees are shaded. Those street lamps interwoven into a net are really like beads after rain, with crystal particles. There is also a well-decorated panoramic restaurant on this floor, which is full of customers all year round. Seats must be reserved in advance. The observation deck on the ground floor is the largest and quite spacious, with various service facilities such as conference hall, movie hall, restaurant, shop and post office. In the shuttle crowd, it seems to be in a downtown area, forgetting that it is 57 meters high after all. It is ideal to watch close-ups from here. Charlotte Palace in the north and its splashing fountains, the Seine River flowing quietly at the foot of the tower, the Aristink lawn in the south and the ancient buildings of the French military academy constitute an unforgettable landscape.
The Eiffel Tower and Cheyenne Palace were designed and built to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of the French Revolution and the Paris World Expo held in 1889. The design of that year was criticized, and many Parisians couldn't stand this steel monster. Other than that, it was useless. If it were China now, it is estimated that it would also be shot by a pragmatic government. As a designer, Eiffel's idea at that time was to build the highest flagpole in the world and insert the French tricolor flag in the air 300 meters high.
Many people think this idea is unrealistic and predict that this steel monster will collapse during the construction process. Indeed, imagine using 7000 tons of steel and relying on more than 2.5 million rivets to build a giant tower more than 300 meters high. At that time, Notre Dame de Paris, the tallest building in Paris, was less than 100 meters high. Amid many doubts, this seemingly "impossible task" was finally completed at 1889. When designer Eiffel personally raised the tricolor flag at the top of the tower, Parisians were finally moved.
Although the tower welcomed nearly 2 million tourists in its first year, according to the original plan, the tower is only a temporary building and should be demolished after 10, that is, after 1909. While people were debating whether the tower should be demolished as scheduled, the invention of radio saved the tower. With the emergence of radio communication, the 320-meter-high tower has become the best location for radio stations, so people no longer accuse the tower of being just a flashy ornament. In the following years, it was used as a weather observation station, aviation communication station and radio and television transmitting station, but it finally returned to the main purpose of sightseeing. Nowadays, many tourists from all over the world climb this tower every year to enjoy the scenery of Paris. This tower has become a symbol of Paris and even France.
The Eiffel Tower is one of the symbols of Paris and is loved by the French as the "Iron Lady". It is called the three major western buildings together with the Empire State Building in new york and the TV Tower in Tokyo. The designer of the Eiffel Tower is French architect gustave eiffel. In his early years, he was a famous dry bridge expert. There are countless masterpieces in his life, all over the world, but it is this tower named after him that makes him famous all over the world. In his own words, the Eiffel Tower "drowned me, as if I had been building her all my life". If Notre Dame de Paris is a symbol of ancient Paris, then the Eiffel Tower is a symbol of modern Paris. 1889 coincides with the 0/00th anniversary of the French Revolution. The French government decided to hold an unprecedented World Expo in Paris to show the achievements of industrial technology and culture, and to build a monument symbolizing the French Revolution and Paris. The Preparatory Committee originally hoped to build a classical memorial group with statues, monuments, gardens and temples, but in more than 700 applications, it chose the design of gustave eiffel, a bridge engineer: a giant tower symbolizing machine civilization, which can be seen in any corner of Paris.