Based on actual events. When the commander of the crew of a B17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young naive pilot struggles to ... See full summary Â».
The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930.
Measuring 300.5 meters (986 feet) in height and weighing in at 6,300 metric tons (7,000 tons), the Eiffel Tower is the most famous landmark in France. It was constructed during the period from 1887 to 1889 by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832â1923), whose name the monument has always borne. The tower was originally intended to serve as the gigantic entrance gate for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, but it quickly took on a life of its own.