Eiffel+Tower


 *  Eiffel Tower by Silvia Falcón Rodríguez **

**__ 1.- DESCRIPTION __**
 * **Built: 1889 **
 * **Location: Paris, France in Europe. **
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 * **Type of structure: The Eiffel Tower is a triangular frame. **
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 * =**The Eiffel Tower **=

** Location and history: **
The **Eiffel** **Tower** known as **//La dame de fer//**, the iron lady is a n iron tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It was built in **1889** as the entrance arch to the ** [|1889 Exposition Universelle] **. It is named after the engineer **Gustave Eiffel**, whose company designed and built the tower. It is the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France. **In 1956 a** fire damaged the top of the tower and in **1957** the present radio antenna was added to the top.

**Dimensions:**
The tower is 320 metres (1,050 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building.


 * __2.- WHAT ARE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OR USES OF THE STRUCTURE? __**

1. It has a commercial exploitation. The tower is the tallest building in **Paris** and the most visited paid monument in the world; **millions** **of people** ascend it every year. It has become a cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower has three levels for visitors by stairs or lift. More than **200,000,000** people have visited the tower since its construction in **1889**. 2. The tower also symbolised the century of Industry and Science. 3. The tower is used for communication purposes too.
 * Functions:**




 * __3.- WHAT DIFFERENT PARTS ARE THERE? Elements of the structure... __**



= = All the structure of the tower was made of iron. = =
 * __4.- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS MADE OF? __** **CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USED ** //: //
 * __5.- STRESSES IN THE STRUCTURE __****: ** tension, compression, torsion, bending




 * __6.- STABILITY, RIGIDITY AND RESISTANCE __**
 * **This structure is made rigid by: **** Triangulation in a lattice pattern. **
 * **<span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made stable by: ****The pillars.**
 * <span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">**This structure is made resistant by:** **The iron.**


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">7.- Picture Gallery __**



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 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> 7.- More information: __**


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9.- CURIOSITIES __**

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I have learn a lot about the Eiffel Tower: Its history, its size, its structure, its main fuction and uses of structure and its description. I really liked to do this work because it was very interesting. I learnt many things and I could see how it was built. It was incredible. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: absolute; top: 584.5px; width: 1px;">**__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">8.- Picture Gallery __** =//**THE MUSIC**//=
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">10.- PERSONAL COMMENTS __**

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