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The '''Eiffel Tower''', known in [[French]] as "La Tour Eiffel", is an iron tower located in [[Paris]], [[France]] that was built for the Paris Exposition of 1889. It is 986 feet tall, and including its distinctive antenna at the top, is 1,063 feet tall. It was the tallest structure in the world until the Chrysler Building was built in 1930 in [[New York City]]. The tower has become the best-known icon of Paris.

The '''Eiffel Tower''', known in [[French]] as "La Tour Eiffel", is an iron tower located in [[Paris]], [[France]] that was built for the Paris Exposition of 1889. It is 986 feet tall, and including its distinctive antenna at the top, is 1,063 feet tall. It was the tallest structure in the world until the Chrysler Building was built in 1930 in [[New York City]]. The tower has become the best-known icon of Paris.

In 2007, 6,893,000 people visited the tower, a figure which set a new world record for annual visitors to a monument. <ref>http://goparis.about.com/b/2008/02/15/new-record-for-the-eiffel-tower-in-2007.htm</ref>

In 2007, 6,893,000 people visited the tower, a figure which set a new world record for annual visitors to a monument. <ref>http://goparis.about.com/b/2008/02/15/new-record-for-the-eiffel-tower-in-2007.htm</ref>

 

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Architecture]]

*[[Architecture]]