Long ago the Parisians called it "blot", "tragic street lamp" and "monster", but today it's the landmark of the city. It's celebrated and loved: the famous Eiffel Tower is getting on the 31st of March 2009, 120 years old!
Gustave Eiffel built the "iron lady", as Parisians affectionately call the tower nowadays, as the Exposition Universelle took place in the year 1889. Around 2.5 million rivets hold the 324 meters high colossus together. It is the most popular attraction in the french capital and more than 200 million people have visited and climbed it until today.
And a really nice thing, that makes me proud to be a romanian: few people do know that the steel for the metallic structure was prepared by romanian people, from Resita, Romania.
Bucharest Time
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