Gustave Eiffel, the visionary French engineer who died 100 years ago, on 27 December 1923, is synonymous with the Parisian landmark that bears his name. But his legacy extends well beyond the Eiffel ...

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Gustave Eiffel is regarded as one of the most influential Frenchmen of the 19th and 20th centuries. Eiffel is widely recognised as a legend of his day, having presided over the construction of some of ...

Best known for his eponymous tower in Paris and the Statue of Liberty in New York, Gustave Eiffel’s career was a mixture of technical achievement, public scandal and obscurity, as Nick Smith explains ...

THE death is announced, at the age of ninety-one years, of M. Gustave Eiffel, whose name will always be associated with the gigantic tower named after him and built by him in Paris in 1889. Alexandre ...

A majestic presence, towering over Paris for more than 130 years, the Eiffel Tower is an iconic symbol of nineteenth century progress and grandeur. Drawing on three decades of civil engineering ...

The Statue of Liberty, an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy, stands in New York Harbor on Liberty Island off the coast of Manhattan. Beyond its iconic exterior, the statue's infrastructure is a ...

A wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889, when it served as the centerpiece of the World’s Fair. That’s not the only notable fact about the ...

Gustave Eiffel’s tower was at the cutting edge of modernity – no wonder the French hated it Created a decade before New York's first real skyscrapers, the tower was a radical feat of engineering, but ...

The Eiffel Tower in Paris is often seen as a symbol of romance and style that attracts millions of visitors each year. Whether it's your first time visiting the Eiffel Tower or you're a seasoned ...