The Eiffel Tower! by Gloria

 

          The Eiffel Tower is a monument of metal bars in Paris, France. It was once known as “the tallest structure in the world” in 1889, but now the tallest structure is the Burj Khalifa in Abu Dhabi at 2,717 feet. It is 1000 feet tall!

 

There were four people who designed this building: Stephan Sauvestre, Maurice Koechlin, Emile Nouguier, and the main engineer and architect who gets all the credit is Gustave Eiffel. This team started working on the Eiffel tower on January 28, 1887; this structure was compete on March 31, 1889. The reason they made the Eiffel Tower was to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the French Revolution at the World Fair. The World Fair was a chance for inventors and artists around the world to show off their work. For instance the Eiffel Tower was unveiled, Alexander Graham Bell brought the telephone, and Thomas Edison brought the lightbulb! It was a very exciting time for Parisians as well as all the other people who came.

 

 

Today it is one of the most famous and loved monuments in the world! For the world it is the symbol of France, and for the French it is the symbol of freedom. To me the Eiffel Tower are the symbols of hard work, devotion, and of adventure as well as travel.

 

 

I am so excited to go there; the first activity I will do in Paris is visit the Eiffel tower. I’m going to have so much fun! My mother and I hope to have a picnic in front of the Eiffel tower and get a great view to look at it. We are going to stay there after the sun goes down, because every evening, the Eiffel Tower is adorned with a golden covering and sparkles for 5 minutes every hour on the hour, while its beacon shines over Paris. How exciting it will be to see the Eiffel Tower sparkle in all its glory!