The buyer, who was in the auction room, became the owner of a 14-step section of staircase that stands 9 feet tall, weighs ...

As iconic as the Eiffel Tower is to the world today, apparently the Iron Lady had a rocky start.The massive steel structure almost tore the city of lights apart. It debuted on March 31st, 1889, 126 ...

125 years ago today, on March 31, 1889, engineer Gustave Eiffel climbed the 1,710 steps of the Eiffel Tower to unfurl the French tricolor, officially marking the completion of his crowning achievement ...

A French collector bought a 14-step staircase section of the Eiffel Tower at an auction in Paris.

The section was part of the tower’s original staircase linking the second and third floors and was removed when lifts were ...

To mark the centenary of Gustave Eiffel's death, here are 10 facts about La Dame de Fer you may not know. Precisely one hundred years ago, Gustave Eiffel died at the age of 91. The French civil ...

In 1884, "the French republic announced a contest for a spectacular centerpiece for the 1889 Paris World's Fair." Proposals were to be received by May 18, 1886, and it was suggested the structure be ...

March 31, 2015 Honoring the 126th anniversary of the public opening of the Eiffel Tower. Once contemptuously referred to as “a truly tragic street lamp,” the Eiffel Tower of Paris, France, was opened ...

When you read biographies of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel and his famous tower, which turned 125 yesterday, you're struck at first by a paradox: How did something so daring, so beautiful, so outrageous—in ...

EIFFEL Tower Day is celebrated every year on 31 st March. This iconic Parisian structure was completed on 31st March 1889 after two years, two months and five days of construction. Please provide a ...