The Eiffel Tower
The shape of the tower was therefore
determined by mathematical calculation
involving wind resistance.
Installations
Since the beginning of the 20th
century, the tower has been used for
radio transmission.
Until the 1950s, an occasionally
modified set of antenna wires ran
from the summit to anchors on the
Avenue de Suffren and Champ de
Mars
Eiffel Tower at night
Restaurants
The tower has two restaurants:
Altitude 95, on the first floor
the Jules Verne, an expensive
gastronomical restaurant on the
second floor, with a private lift
Observation desk
The uppermost observation deck, with a
height of 275 metres, is the highest area of
an architectural structure in the European
Union open for the public
Event
The Eiffel Tower
served as an
advertising space
for Citroën from
1925 to 1934
The 72 names
Gustave Eiffel engraved on the tower
seventy-two names of French
scientists, engineers and other
notable people. This engraving was