September 21, 2022

6 Monumental Facts You Don't Know About Eiffel Tower

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The Eiffel Tower get more than 6 million visitors each year, it is the most visited paid tourist attraction in the world.

The repainting of the Eiffel Tower is done by hand, since its construction, the Eiffel Tower has been repainted 18 times.

In 1944, Adolf Hitler ordered the demolition of the Eiffel Tower, when his army attacked France during the World War II.

In 2007, an American woman, Erika LaBrie, actually married the Eiffel Tower, what was described as a commitment ceremony.

The Eiffel Tower was never built to stay forever, it was only meant to remain as part of the exhibition for 20 years.

At 986 feet, the Eiffel Tower was tallest structure when it opened in 1889 and held that record for four decades till 1930.

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