Where is Eiffel Tower
About Where is Eiffel Tower Located
Explore the map to locate Eiffel Tower on world map, it is a wrought iron lattice structure tower on the Champ de Mars a large public greenspace in Paris, France. It is titled after Gustave Eiffel, a engineer whose company drafted, designed and built the Eiffel Tower.
Locally nicknamed or know as 'La dame de fer' or 'Iron Lady' in english, it was developed from 1887 to 1889 as the heart of the World's Fair in 1889. Despite at the beginning criticised by few of France's best intellectuals and artists for its design, it has since turn into a global cultural symbol of France and one of the most famous structures in the world. It is the most visited masterpiece or monument with an access fee in the world: In 2015, 6.91 million persons ascended it. In 1964, it was chosen a monument historique, and was named piece of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paris, Banks of the Seine) in 1991. The tower is 1,083 feet (330 metres) tall, approximately the same height as an eighty-one storey building, and the Paris's tallest structure.