La Tour Eiffel ... #1
by Juergen Weiss
Title
La Tour Eiffel ... #1
Artist
Juergen Weiss
Medium
Photograph
Description
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Group '' TravelArt '' 01/24
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 from 1887 to 1889.
Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The tower received 5,889,000 visitors in 2022.
The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance fee in the world: 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. It was designated a monument historique in 1964, and was named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ("Paris, Banks of the Seine") in 1991. (Resource Wikipedia)
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January 16th, 2024
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Tatiana Travelways
I'm delighted to feature your beautiful artwork on the front page gallery of the "Travel Art" group, at Fine Art America! :)
Juergen Weiss replied:
Dear Tatiana ! Sincere thanks for featuring my '' La Tour Eiffel ... '' - Image in your wonderful '' Travel Art '' - Group ! So much appreciated !