Eiffel Tower

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The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower in Paris, France, and one of the most recognizable landmarks and symbols of the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural icon
landmark
lattice tower
observation tower
tourist attraction
tower
architect Stephen Sauvestre
builtFor 1889 Paris World’s Fair
1889 Exposition Universelle
surface form: Exposition Universelle (1889)
cityPanorama Paris skyline
citySymbolOf Paris
completionAnniversary centennial celebrated in 1989
constructionEndDate 1889
constructionStartDate 1887
country France
cumulativeVisitors over 300 million visitors
elevationOfFirstLevel 57 metres
elevationOfSecondLevel 115 metres
elevationOfThirdLevel 276 metres
engineer Gustave Eiffel
Maurice Koechlin
Émile Nouguier
function broadcasting
observation
tourism
hasChampagneBar yes
hasElevator yes
hasGlassFloor yes (first level)
hasRestaurant 58 Tour Eiffel
Le Jules Verne
height 300 metres (original without antennas)
324 metres (with antennas)
heldTallestStructureRecordFrom 1889
heldTallestStructureRecordUntil 1930
inaugurationYear 1889
lighting illuminated at night
locatedIn Champ de Mars
locatedOn Left Bank of the Seine
location Paris
material wrought iron
namedAfter Gustave Eiffel
nationalSymbolOf France
nearbyMetroStation Bir-Hakeim
nearbyRERStation Champ de Mars
surface form: Champ de Mars–Tour Eiffel
numberOfFloors 3
numberOfIronPieces about 18,000
numberOfRivets about 2.5 million
numberOfSteps 1665
officialWebsite https://www.toureiffel.paris
openingDate 1889-03-31
operator Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel
owner Paris
surface form: City of Paris
paintedEvery about 7 years
sparklingLightsIntroduced 2000
surpassedBy Chrysler Building
topFloorHeight 276 metres
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf Paris
surface form: Paris, Banks of the Seine
usedFor radio transmission
television transmission
visitorsPerYear about 7 million
wasTallestStructureInTheWorld yes
weight about 10,100 tonnes

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58 Tour Eiffel associatedWith Eiffel Tower
Eiffel associatedWith Eiffel Tower
Pont d’Iéna connects Eiffel Tower
Gustave Eiffel designed Eiffel Tower
subject surface form: Avenue Gustave Eiffel
France Pavilion hasFeature Eiffel Tower
this entity surface form: Eiffel Tower replica
subject surface form: Avenue Gustave Eiffel
Passy hasView Eiffel Tower
subject surface form: Passy (Paris Métro)
Pont de Bir-Hakeim hasView Eiffel Tower
Bir-Hakeim hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
Champ de Mars hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
Place Joffre, Paris hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
subject surface form: Place Joffre
Place de Fontenoy hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
Place du Trocadéro hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
Pont d’Iéna hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
Quai de Grenelle hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
Trocadéro hasViewOf Eiffel Tower
Blackpool Tower inspiredBy Eiffel Tower
Tokyo Tower inspiredBy Eiffel Tower
Gustave Eiffel knownFor Eiffel Tower
Champ de Mars locatedBetween Eiffel Tower
58 Tour Eiffel locatedIn Eiffel Tower
Le Jules Verne locatedIn Eiffel Tower
Champ de Mars locatedNear Eiffel Tower
École Militaire locatedNear Eiffel Tower
Our Last Summer locationInLyrics Eiffel Tower
this entity surface form: The Eiffel Tower
this entity surface form: Eiffel Tower base on the Champ de Mars side
SETE manages Eiffel Tower
Bir-Hakeim elevated viaduct near Eiffel Tower
Place Joffre, Paris near Eiffel Tower
subject surface form: Place Joffre
Pont de Bir-Hakeim near Eiffel Tower
Quai de Grenelle near Eiffel Tower
Bir-Hakeim nearbyLandmark Eiffel Tower
Les Invalides, Paris nearbyLandmark Eiffel Tower
subject surface form: Les Invalides
Pont de l’Alma nearbyLandmark Eiffel Tower
Eiffel et Cie notableWork Eiffel Tower
Georges Seurat notableWork Eiffel Tower
this entity surface form: The Eiffel Tower
Gustave Eiffel notableWork Eiffel Tower
Eiffel notableWork Eiffel Tower
subject surface form: Gustave Eiffel
Maurice Koechlin notableWork Eiffel Tower
Stephen Sauvestre notableWork Eiffel Tower
Émile Nouguier notableWork Eiffel Tower