Eiffel Tower

Address: Champ de Mars

Postal code: 75007

City: Paris

Telephone: 33 (0) 1 44 11 23 23

Website: https://www.tour-eiffel.fr

Information

Construction completed on: March 31, 1889 (flag placed on top), built for the Universal Exhibition in honor of the French Revolution

Designers: Gustave Eiffel & Cie
Contractors: Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier

Architect: Stephen Sauvestre
Studies: Started in 1884
Construction: 1887 to 1889 (2 years, 2 months and 5 days)

The Eiffel Tower consists of 18,038 pieces of metal and 2.500.000 nails.
Weight of Metal: 7,300 tons
Total weight: 10,100 tons

Height: 324m (height with flagpole)

coordinates:
48 º 51 '32 "North
002 º 17 '45 "East

More than 230 million visitors visited the Eiffel Tower!

Number of steps: 1665

Owner: The City of Paris

Eiffel Tower on the map of Paris