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1、TheEiffelTower班级：12旅一姓名：丁玲学号：122082119Doyouknowwhereheis?FranceEiffleToweristhemostfamouslandmarkintheworld.Itannounces:ItisParis.ItdominatestheskylineofParisandisaveryimportantlandmarkofbuildingconstructionhistory.1889,the100thanniversaryoftheFrenchRevolution,Parisheldalarge-s

2、caleinternationalfairstocelebrate.FairthemoststrikingexhibitsfromtheEiffelTower.Itbecameasymboloftheindustrialrevolutionsweepingtheworld.Thisisquiteextraordinaryinthehistoryofarchitecture.Towerhasatotaloffourlayers,eachlayerhasaplatforminthetowerandofferstunningviewsofthecityof

3、Paris.TheEiffelToweristhesymbolofParis,theFrenchpeopleknownasthe"IronLady".IronLady8/22/2021DayNightTheEiffelTowerwasbuiltfortheInternationalExhibitionofParisof1889commemoratingthecentenaryoftheFrenchRevolution.ThePrinceofWales,laterKingEdwardVIIofEngland,openedthetower.Ofthe70

4、0proposalssubmittedinadesigncompetition,GustaveEiffel'swasunanimouslychosen.Howeveritwasnotacceptedbyallatfirst,andapetitionof300names–includingthoseofMaupassant,EmileZola,CharlesGarnier(architectoftheOpéraGarnier),andDumastheYounger–protesteditsconstruction.At300metres(320.75m

5、includingantenna),and7000tons,itwastheworld'stallestbuildinguntil1930.Otherstatisticsinclude:2.5millionrivets.300steelworkers,and2years(1887-1889)toconstructit.Swayofatmost12cminhighwinds.Heightvariesupto15cmdependingontemperature.15,000ironpieces(excludingrivets).40tonsofpaint

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