French Monuments

Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower, wrought-iron tower in Paris, a landmark and an early example of wrought-iron construction on a gigantic scale. It was designed and built by the French civil engineer Gustave Alexandre Eiffel for the Paris World's Fair of 1889. The tower, without its modern broadcasting antennae, is 300 m (984 ft) high. The lower section consists of four immense arched legs set on masonry piers. The legs curve inward until they unite in a single tapered …

…Iena et le Palais de Chaillot The museum of “compared sculpture” was opened in 1882 on the initiative of Viollet-le-Puc and Jules Ferry’s minister for Public Education. Usually it displays sculpture of mural paintings and architectural scale models. These reproductions enable the visitor to understand the evolution of sculpture and architecture from the Roman style to the 19th century and including Gothic Renaissance and classic styles. La Colonne Vendome L’Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel