Fun Facts
- The Eiffel Tower has a nickname La Dame De Fer meaning 'The Iron Lady' .
- Every year, approximately 7 million people from all around the world come to visit this monument.
- The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 Paris Exposition but was not intended to be permanent.
- The Eiffel Tower was going to be demolished in 1909, but was saved because it was repurposed as a giant radio antenna.
- During WW2, when Hitler visited Paris, the French cut the lift cables on the Eiffel Tower so that Hitler would have to climb the steps if he wanted to reach the top.
- The height of the Eiffel Tower varies by 5.9 inches (15 cm) due to temperature changes.
- A woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel "married" the Eiffel Tower in 2007.
- There are over 30 replicas of the Eiffel Tower around the world.
- 300 workers, 18,038 pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets were needed to build the Eiffel Tower.
- The Eiffel Tower was almost temporarily relocated to Canada in 1967.