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France: It measures 324 meters in height, weighs 7,300 tons and attracts more than seven million visitors each year: the Eiffel Tower, strongly contested during its construction, has become the symbol of Paris, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year.
This property of the City of Paris celebrated all over the world has not always been liked: its construction was accompanied by a "huge controversy, complaints and petitions" of opponents, says the deputy in charge of culture at the city hall of Paris, Christophe Girard.
On the occasion of the Universal Exhibition of 1889, which marked the centenary of the French Revolution, a great competition was launched, won by the industrialist Gustave Eiffel, much to the chagrin of many artists of the time including the writer Guy de Maupassant.
Built in two years, two months and five days, the one based on more than 18,000 pieces of iron is the symbol of a "technical and architectural performance". In the nineteenth century, "it is the symbol of a France that catches up with its industrial power" and becomes "the highlight of the 1889 exhibition," said Bertrand Lemoine, architect and historian.
https://www.asianage.com/life/travel/150519/130th-anniversary-of-the-eiffel-tower.html
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday May 18 2019, @05:10AM
I'll tell you, I'm a New Yorker. And I watched the horrible 7-11 attacks. Which made 40 Wall Street -- owned by me -- into the tallest building there. 40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest. And then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest. And then, terrible attacks, Trade Center came tumbling down. And mine became the tallest. But, so interesting. World Trade Center wasn't knocked down by planes. Didn't come down until much later. And, one of the buildings -- hundreds of feet away -- the planes didn't touch it at all. But it still went down. Not a pretty sight. I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as those buildings were coming down. They say, it was the heat that did it. And you had these pools, these puddles of melted Steel. Because, supposedly, of the burning Jet fuel. And the burning papers from the File cabinets. I don't think so. I don't think so. In Construction, we have something known as Nano Thermite. And that one can definitely melt Steel. And many people are saying, it was no accident that those buildings totally and completely collapsed. They're saying it was all planned out. Who knows? The folks that did it know. But, they're not talking. Think about it!!!!