Eiffel tower

The tower divided the French always, many people like it, but many people hate it definitely: his nicknames reflect this – they call it ugly person, others for Old Woman. The 1889. prepared for a yearly Expo originally, and it would have been broken down after the exhibition according to the plans. His name from his designer, Gustave Eiffel from an engineer last.

The French republic something wished with special one really on the 100. anniversary of the 1789. yearly revolution to dazzle the world. Jules Ferry government an Expo and a glorious monument decided in that manner a dot answers this aim, the organization of the program was started in 1878 because of this. The monument was missing simply already. A large-scale application was announced on which one Eiffel and two of his engineers, Émile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin left with the idea of a metal tower. Their idea 1884. June 6 it was articulated Stephen Sauvestre with an architect's cooperation. The staggering metal tower won the moratorium's pleasure, Eiffel application won in 1886 in this manner and signing a contract was bound after a couple of months, according to which Eiffel from a pocket advanced it the expenses estimated at the about 8 million golden Francs 80%.

The building operations 1887. a January began on 28 and it was necessary to finish it under two years.

Many tourists visit it nowadays, annually more than 6 million tourists visit it. The tourists 4 restaurants, 8 gift shops, or an own post office waits for it, where congratulator great burdock it is supplied with a unique Eiffel tower seal. The first, two and three an elevator leads to a level, but it is possible to manage to get up with 1710 degrees of his climbing onto the peak of the tower. The elevators some 100.000 km cover annually. Fat with an animal origin is spread on the construction two times weekly in the interest of their smooth function accross. Old Woman has own police, 100 cameras help in their work. Those instruments were placed here, which ones ahead the city's weather is signaled. The tower all nights fall into wonderful light, that shines the Parisian night.

Triumphal arch
1806. February on 16 I. Napoleon an emperor published an order, in which an, his glory Grande Armée arranged for the construction of an advertising triumphal arch. This grandiose monument for one of Paris's determining symbols and the emperor's adoration for ancient Rome it was marked for his expression. The works after only 30 years, under I. Lajos Fülöp reign, they ended in 1836. Adolphe Thiers , the president of the July monarchy's state council inaugurated it, than the revolutionary and the monument of an imperial French army's victories.