Around of the Eiffel Tower There are always a lot of stories, anecdotes and curiosities, all of them taken from any book or told by many of us who have ever been lucky enough to be there. Symbol of Paris and the whole of France, it is one of the most emblematic monuments in the world and one of which practically anyone can recognize whatever their city of origin may be. Today I would like to tell you a few curiosities of the Eiffel Tower, things that not everyone knows but it is always good to know.
Like you already know some of them, but surely not all of them. Take note:
- One of the most curious and amazing things is that in summer it usually measures up to 18 centimeters more than in winter. This is due to the thermal expansion suffered by its materials, which makes them grow with heat and return to their natural size when temperatures are lower.
- In total the tower measures about 324 meters high, which include the antenna on top and which belonged to a radio station that broadcast from there long ago but is no longer in use. It is now only broadcast from the Eiffel Tower antenna when there is a special occasion.
- The entire metal surface is covered by a paint that is renewed every five years, for which some 50 tons more or less. Something very curious is that at first glance it seems that the entire tower is the same color when in fact it is darker the higher you go up, although with the contrast it is not noticeable.
- There are more than two and a half million rivets, which are the appliqués that join each piece.
- Although it opened on March 31, 1889, it was not open to the public until May 6.
- During construction a worker died who was installing one of the elevators. It took 26 months to build it and it was expressly for the Paris Expo, although seeing the great acceptance that it had both by tourists and by the French, the authorities decided to leave it as one of the main claims of the city. Quite a success, no doubt.
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