The structure known today as the Eiffel Tower was originally dubbed the Tour de 300 mètres, the 300-metre tower. The name was proposed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nougier to Gustave Eiffel ...

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 ...

A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean Sea is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal early summer heat wave. It’s a pattern that’s popping up frequently as the ...

PARIS (AP) — Barcelona recorded its hottest June in over a century, the summit of Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors and hundreds of French schools shut on Tuesday as Europe sizzled in ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One of the most popular topics of last summer’s U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials in Indianapolis wasn’t a competitor — it was a replica of the Eiffel Tower. The 66-foot-tall, 14,000 ...

An Eiffel Tower-obsessed mom got the sweetest surprise from her daughter on the trip of a lifetime to Paris. Crystal Nicole’s mom had crazy about the Eiffel Tower for as long as she could remember, so ...

Gustave Eiffel, who designed France's world-famous monument, had the names of 72 scholars inscribed on the base of the tower ...

The structure known today as the Eiffel Tower was originally dubbed the Tour de 300 mètres, the 300-metre tower. The name was proposed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nougier to Gustave Eiffel ...

Universidad CEU San Pablo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. To give an idea of how light the tower is, its weight of 7,300 tonnes is close to the weight of the volume of ...