Eiffel Tower
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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 in New York City was built in 1930. The tower has become an icon of Paris.
Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, a French civil engineer is renowned for the construction of the tower that bears his name. Maurice Koechlin was the structural designer.
In 2007, 6,893,000 visitors.