Eiffel Tower

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cultural icon landmark lattice tower observation tower tourist attraction tower

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
The Eiffel Tower 2
Eiffel Tower base on the Champ de Mars side 1
Eiffel Tower replica 1

Statements (62)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paris Métro Line 6 → offersViewOf → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
SETE → operates → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
Musée de l’Homme → overlooks → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
subject surface form: Musée national de la Marine
Palais de Chaillot → overlooks → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
Trocadéro → overlooks → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eiffel Tower vicinity
RER C → servesTouristAttraction → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
Washington Monument → surpassedBy → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
Paris → touristAttraction → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
Montmartre → viewpointOver → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
Sauvestre → workedOn → Eiffel Tower ⓘ
subject surface form: Stephen Sauvestre