The Eiffel Tower is the most famous architectural landmark of Paris, known as the symbol of France, erected on the Champ de Mars and named
after its designer of Gustave Eiffel.
She is the most recognizable and highest building in Paris, the height together with the new antenna is 324 meters, which is approximately equal to the house in 81 floor!
The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 and has an amazing origin story. In 1889, in Paris, to commemorate the centenary of the French revolution, was held the world's fair, thanks to the trade fair city officials commissioned to design and erect a temporary structure serving as the entrance arch of her.
General French competition of architectural and engineering projects, which were to determine the architectural appearance of the future world Expo started on may 1, 1886. The competition was attended by 107 candidates, most of whom in varying degrees, already repeated the tower project proposed by Eiffel.
Thus the Eiffel project becomes one of the four winners, and then the engineer makes any final changes, finding a compromise between the original pure engineering design scheme and decorative option.