It gradually became more and more part of the landscape, and it became very hard to imagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower ... sticks out proudly along the skyline. “You can see it from ...

The monument responds to seasonal temperatures, contracting a few millimeters when it's cold and expanding when it's warm.

In August 1944, as the Nazis were losing control of occupied Paris, Adolf Hitler commanded his generals to level the city and plans were drawn up to mine the Eiffel Tower with explosives.