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French School, Eiffel Tower, Paris 01 Paintings, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 50 – With Footnotes
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887–1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair, it was initially criticised by some of France’s leading artists and intellectuals for its…