Eiffel Tower
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Title
Eiffel Tower
Agent
Gustave Eiffel (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923)
Location
Paris, France
Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France
48°51'29.9"N 2°17'40.4"E
Date
1887-1889
19th Century
Style Period
belle époque
Cultural Context
European
Worktype
observation tower
Material
iron
Technique
exposed frame construction
Measurements
300 m (height) (984 feet)
Subject
architecture and city planning
structural iron
wrought iron
industrial exposition
observation
Exposition universelle de 1889
European art
Description
partial view
exterior view
Commission was awarded by competition
the competition sought a plan for a monument for the International Exposition of 1889, celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution. The tower is built almost entirely of open-lattice wrought iron. It was the entrance gateway to the exposition.
Rights
© Michael Peters
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ID
Peters01668
Source
Michael Peters
Collection
Citation
Eiffel, Gustave, Eiffel Tower, 1887-1889, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Michael Peters. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/13135.
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