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Since its erection for the 1889 Paris World’s Fair, Engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel’s spidery 984-ft. iron tower has attracted more attention seekers than anything in France except the bikini.

France. The bottom of what will be the Eiffel Tower is under construction in 1887 in Paris. Tourists queue up to climb the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889 during the Paris World Fair. The 1889 World ...

When the Eiffel Tower was first built in 1889 for the World's Fair in Paris, France, it was the tallest structure in the world. It held that title for 42 years until it was overtaken by the Chrysler ...

“France at the Dawn of Photography,” collects 55 images created primarily from the 1850s into the 1870s, the era when Gauguin was a young and emerging artist. “Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889 ...

The most remarkable handles come from Paris. One that I have seen is a model of the wand carried by the jester of Henry IV. of France. Another umbrella had a dagger of oxidized silver for a handle.

However, he was best known for the tower, which was designed to show off France's modern industrial prowess on a world stage, as the centrepiece of the 1889 Paris Exposition, or world's fair.