La Tour Eiffel, originally built as a temporary iron structure to mark the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris and scheduled to be pulled down in 1909, went through its last major facelift in 1986.

Since Paris is such a low-slung city (there was a building height limit of about 115 feet, or 35 meters, in place until the 1960s), the Eiffel Tower can be spotted from almost anywhere in the ...

Never built to last, the Eiffel Tower endures as the symbol of Paris. The 128-year-old iron structure welcomes around seven million visitors per year, making it the most-visited paid-for ...