Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel) is a puddled iron tower built on the Champ de Mars, beside the River Seine, in Paris, France. It is the most famous Paris landmark and is used as a symbol of the city. At the time of its construction in 1889 it was the tallest building in the world, and remained so until 1930. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier tourist destination, with over 5.5 million visitors per year.

Further remarkable lattice towers

Many remarkable lattice towers were and are nicknamed Eiffel Tower. The Radio Tower Gliwice was nicknamed "Eiffel Tower of Upper Silesia" and the wood framework tower of the transmitter Ismaning, which was demolished in 1983 was called the "Bavarian Eiffel Tower".

Related Topics:
Lattice towers - Radio Tower Gliwice - Transmitter Ismaning

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• WITI TV Tower, Shorewood, USA
• KCTV-Tower, Kansas, USA
• Nordschwarzwaldturm, Schömberg, Germany
• Kvitsoy-Tower, Kvitsøy, Norway
• Soelvesborg Twin Towers, Soelvesborg, Sweden
• Towers of Santa Palomba, Santa Palomba, Italy
• Transmitter Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy
• Transmitter Sottens, Sottens, Switzerland
• Central tower Koenigs Wusterhausen (destroyed), Koenigs Wusterhausen, Germany
• Towers of NSS Annapolis, USA (destroyed)
• Transmitter Kalundborg, Kalundborg, Denmark
• VLF transmitter Grimeton, Grimeton, Sweden
• Schuchowsk radio tower, Moscow, Russia
• Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau, Berlin, Germany
• Torre TV Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brazil
• Sutro Tower, San Francisco, USA
• Longwave transmitter Lahti, Lahti, Finland
• Longwave transmitter Motala, Motala, Sweden
• HBG Prangins, Prangins, Switzerland
• Blosenbergturm, Beromuenster, Switzerland
• Transmission Tower Mulhouse-Belvédère, Mulhouse, France
• Longwave transmitter Junglinster, Junglinster, Luxembourg
• Transmitter Orfordness, Orfordness, United Kingdom
• Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria, Switzerland
• Elbe crossing 1, Stade, Germany
• Elbe crossing 2, Stade, Germany
• Overhead line crossing Suez Canal, Egypt
• Bosporus overhead line crossing I, Istambul, Turkey
• Bosporus overhead line crossing II, Istambul, Turkey
• Bosporus overhead line crossing III, Istambul, Turkey
• Pylons of Messina, Messina, Italy
• Pylons of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
• Pylons of Voerde, Voerde, Germany
• Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen, Duisburg, Germany
• Kobe Port Tower, Kobe, Japan
• Hakata Port Tower, Fukuoka, Japan
• Marine Tower Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
• Monte Mario Tower, Rome, Italy
• Tsutenkaku, Osaka, Japan
• Sunsphere, Knoxville, USA
• Hiratsuka TV Tower, Hiratsuka, Japan
• Green Tower, Sanbu, Japan
• Osaka ABC Tower, Osaka, Japan
• Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie, Shawinigan, Canada
• Pillar of the third section of Gletscherbahn Kaprun, Kaprun, Austria
• Kherson TV Tower
• Mannesmann Tower Hannover, Hannover, Germany
• Mannesmann Tower Vienna, Vienna, Austria
• Directional Radio Tower Mühlacker, Mühlacker, Germany
• Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen, Stuttgart, Germany
• Zendstation Ugchelen, Netherlands
• Vasco-da-Gama-Tower, Lisbon, Portugal
• Shijiazhuang TV-tower, Shijiazhuang, China
• Transmission Tower Hardberg, Hardberg, Germany