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Facts
Official Name Eiffel Tower
Former / Other Name Tour Eiffel
Type tower
Status Completed
Country France
City Paris
Street Address / Map Champ de Mars
Building Function telecommunications / panoramatower
Structural Material other
Start of Construction 1887
Completion 1889
Global Ranking #70 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #3 tallest in Europe
National Ranking #1 tallest in France
City Ranking #1 tallest in Paris
Figures
Height: Architectural 300.0 meter / 984 feet
Height: To Tip 324.0 meter / 1063 feet
Height: Observatory 276.0 meter / 906 feet
# of Elevators 8
Top Elevator Speed 2.08 m/s
Companies Involved
Design Architect Stephen Sauvestre
Structural Engineer Gustave Eiffel
Other Consultants Otis Elevator Company
News Articles
Firm Offers to Improve the "Eiffel Tower Experience"
designboom, 2012-09
Eiffel Tower Named Europe's 'Most Expensive Monument'
The Daily Mail, 2012-08
Paris plans to give Eiffel Tower a face lift
The Local, 2011-10