March 31 honours the day when construction of the Eiffel Tower’s was completed in 1889. The landmark on the Champs de Mars in ...

They called the Eiffel Tower “useless and monstrous,” but their protests went unheeded. 8. The tower was an immediate hit with the public. Despite the petition, the 1889 World’s Fair was ...

Eiffel, a great-great-great-grandson of Gustave Eiffel, chats with AD about the history, design, and legacy of the Parisian icon ...

Once completed, the tower became the gateway to the 1889 World’s Fair ... The top hid Gustave Eiffel's office, in which he welcomed personalities throughout the 6-month event.

On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by its designer, Gustave Eiffel, ...

Though the Eiffel Tower bears his name, Gustave Eiffel was not initially enthusiastic about the structure nor did he design ...

The Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 World’s Fair, to mark the 100-year anniversary of the French Revolution. It was a defining moment in France’s industrial revolution ...

Nicola Wood, Senior Editor Designed and constructed for the 1889 Exposition Universelle (the World's Fair), the Eiffel Tower was always meant to be a temporary structure, but it has skirted ...

The Eiffel Tower was 1,024 feet high when it was inaugurated on March 31, 1889. The Eiffel Tower company's president, Jean-François Martins, told The Associated Press that scientific progress is ...