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Why did gustave Eiffel want to built Eiffel tower?

Gustave Eiffel was a French engineer who worked on the Eiffel tower. The project was criticized mainly by those who saw it as impossible, and by others who did not like it for artistic and aesthetic reasons.


What color is the Eiffel Tower?

The Eiffel Tower is painted in three shades of brown -- darker at the bottom and lighter at the top. It is claimed that this scheme best highlights the shape of the tower against the backdrop of the Paris sky.it is the color blue at night time


What materials were used to make the Effel Tower?

The Eiffel Tower is built of cast iron, a material that will last virtually forever if it is painted regularly. Since it was built (for the International Exhibition of Paris in 1889), the tower has been painted once every seven years.


What famous landmarks are there in France besides the Eiffel tower?

Symbols such as the Louvre, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Latin Quarter, Montmartre, and the Georges Pompidou Center make Paris one of the most visited places in the world.Famous landmarks in France include the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Art Museum. Other landmarks include the Arc de Triomphe and the palace at Versailles.


How high would wind speeds have to be to make the Eiffel tower sway?

The wikipedia article (French version) states that the recorded movements of the tower were at most (at the top) : 18 centimeters due to the dilatation of the sunny side during the heat wave of 1976; and 13 centimeters during the 1999 tempest (winds of 240Km/h at the top of the tower)