Eiffel tower, Tour Eiffel by IngaA
The steel high tower, so well-known that it's unnecessary to explain what it is. Constructed at the beginning of XIX century on the project of the engineer Gustav Eiffel, it is today one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. However, the process of building of the tower was far from being smooth. The competition was very fierce. Indeed it was planned to erect something remarkable but Municipalities didn't know what exacrly they wanted. there were plenty of projects. But the story is a bit tricky. Gustaf Eiffel already had a project and finally the officials said something like "we want a steel tower, high and elegant". That's how Eiffel's project won.There were many supporters and many opponents. The most remarkable example is the famous writer Gui de Mopassan. He was furious of this idea. However, when the tower was finally built, he went there and raised to the top of the tower every day. When he was asked about the reasons of visiting this hated place, he answered : 'it is the only place, from which I don't see it'.
Another story dates back to WW2 times when France was occupied. The elevators on Eiffel tower stopped. Germans tries countless times to repair them to make them work but unsuccessfully. Several years elevators were staying. And only after liberation, the old master who worked there his whole life, stepped to the cellars for about half of hour and elevators "moved". What was it? None knows.
Today we can't even imagine Paris without Eiffel tower. Lightened at the evening, it is sparkling of photo-lights of tourists.