Notamment de moderniser les installations, les espaces d'accueil et les services offerts aux visiteurs, tout en respectant une démarche de développement durable et en maintenant un haut niveau de sécurité. [72], A pop-culture movie cliché is that the view from a Parisian window always includes the tower. In preparation for the June 25, 2020, reopening of Eiffel Tower visits, the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) announces that its online ticket office will open on June 18, 2020, at 10:00 am. It opened in 1894 and is 158.1 m (518 ft) tall. The tower has two restaurants: Le 58 Tour Eiffel on the first level, and Le Jules Verne, a gourmet restaurant with its own lift on the second level. [42], A fire started in the television transmitter on 3 January 1956, damaging the top of the tower. [65] In the years since it was completed, engineers have put forward various mathematical hypotheses in an attempt to explain the success of the design. [29] Edison signed the guestbook with this message: To M Eiffel the Engineer the brave builder of so gigantic and original specimen of modern Engineering from one who has the greatest respect and admiration for all Engineers including the Great Engineer the Bon Dieu, Thomas Edison. Welcome to the Eiffel Tower official page! He later established a separate company to manage the tower, putting up half the necessary capital himself.[7]. On 30 March 1885, Eiffel presented his plans to the Société des Ingénieurs Civils; after discussing the technical problems and emphasising the practical uses of the tower, he finished his talk by saying the tower would symbolise: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, [n]ot only the art of the modern engineer, but also the century of Industrand Science in which we are living, and for which the way was prepared by the great scientific movement of the eighteenth century and by the Revolution of 1789, to which this monument will be built as an expression of France's gratitude.[6]. French doctrine and jurisprudence allows pictures incorporating a copyrighted work as long as their presence is incidental or accessory to the subject being represented,[96] a reasoning akin to the de minimis rule. [15] Those for the east and south legs were straightforward, with each leg resting on four 2 m (6.6 ft) concrete slabs, one for each of the principal girders of each leg. Hackett made one of his first bungee jumps from the top of the Eiffel Tower, using a special cord he had helped develop. 6,802,498 were here. Welcome to the Eiffel Tower official page! [64] All parts of the tower were over-designed to ensure maximum resistance to wind forces. However, Eiffel and his team – experienced bridge builders – understood the importance of wind forces, and knew that if they were going to build the tallest structure in the world, they had to be sure it could withstand them. This restaurant has one star in the Michelin Red Guide. All the practical information you need for your visit to the Eiffel Tower: buy a ticket (Rates: 16 to 25 € maximum for adults and 4 to 12,5 € for children and young people), learn about the monument or news and events in the tower [56] In 2004, the Eiffel Tower began hosting a seasonal ice rink on the first level. The 10-ton cars each held 65 passengers. The tower has been used for making radio transmissions since the beginning of the 20th century. Bienvenue sur la page officielle de la tour Eiffel ! In 1983, the south pillar was fitted with an electrically driven Otis lift to serve the Jules Verne restaurant. In 1909, a permanent underground radio centre was built near the south pillar, which still exists today. Two searchlights mounted on a circular rail were used to illuminate various buildings of the exposition. Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) 1 Quai de Grenelle, 75015 Paris. Each shoe was anchored to the stonework by a pair of bolts 10 cm (4 in) in diameter and 7.5 m (25 ft) long. No primeiro andar, além do restaurante 58 Tour Eiffel, está uma pequena exposição sobre a história de Gustava Eiffel e da própria torre. Comment cet exploit a-t-il été possible ? Von Choltitz disobeyed the order. The hydraulic pressure in the driving cylinder was produced by a large open reservoir on the second level. [39] In 1930, the tower lost the title of the world's tallest structure when the Chrysler Building in New York City was completed. Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, the data controller, is the sole recipient of your information. Contact information. In this article we offer you a unique immersion into everything related to the Eiffel Tower at nighttime: lighting, image rights, tour experience, and more. SETE (Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel - The Eiffel Tower Operator) is a local public company. Locate. The layout of both first and second levels was modified, with the space available for visitors on the second level. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. [6] (A 300-meter tower was then considered a herculean engineering effort). It was to be dismantled in 1909, when its ownership would revert to the City of Paris. External policy for personal data protection. 01 44 11 23 46, Email : ", "Do night photos of the Eiffel Tower violate copyright? Eiffel chose this "invocation of science" because of his concern over the artists' protest. By 1918, it had become a symbol of Paris and of France after Guillaume Apollinaire wrote a nationalist poem in the shape of the tower (a calligram) to express his feelings about the war against Germany. La Tour Eiffel a été construite en à peine vingt-deux mois. La Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel a pour mission la gestion et l’exploitation de la tour Eiffel pour le compte de la Ville de Paris, propriétaire du monument. Hackett was arrested by the police. [42] In 1940, German soldiers had to climb the tower to hoist a swastika-centered Reichskriegsflagge,[43] but the flag was so large it blew away just a few hours later, and was replaced by a smaller one. Although there is a staircase to the top level, it is usually accessible only by lift. They made use of the guides for the lifts which were to be fitted in the four legs. Facing the Champ de Mars, Devaux used an electric winch between figures to go back up to the second floor. The nearest Paris Métro station is Bir-Hakeim and the nearest RER station is Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel. These objections were an expression of a long-standing debate in France about the relationship between architecture and engineering. The average journey time between levels is 1 minute. In order to encourage families, they are offering a 50% disc... Only 16 more days until the Eiffel Tower reopens! Each car only travelled half the distance between the second and third levels and passengers were required to change lifts halfway by means of a short gangway. The new version gained Eiffel's support: he bought the rights to the patent on the design which Koechlin, Nougier, and Sauvestre had taken out, and the design was exhibited at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in the autumn of 1884 under the company name. [90] As a result, the SNTE alleges that it is illegal to publish contemporary photographs of the lit tower at night without permission in France and some other countries for commercial use. "[11], Some of the protesters changed their minds when the tower was built; others remained unconvinced. The object of the transmissions was to measure the difference in longitude between Paris and Washington, D.C..[87] Today, radio and digital television signals are transmitted from the Eiffel Tower. The deadline for bids was extended but still no French companies put themselves forward, and eventually the contract was given to Otis in July 1887. Each of these slabs supported a block of limestone with an inclined top to bear a supporting shoe for the ironwork. The original lift in the south pillar was removed 13 years later. This renewed concerns about the structural integrity of the tower, and sensational headlines such as "Eiffel Suicide!" [3] The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. To exercise your rights, you can contact the Data Protection Officer by email at [email protected] or by regular mail (Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, Délégué à la Protection des Données, 1 Quai de Grenelle, 75015 PARIS), with a copy of your photo ID which must be enclosed in your request. The org chart of SETE - Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel - contains its 20 main executives incluindo Patrick Branco Ruivo. Work carried out in 2000 added a further 5.3 m (17.4 ft), giving the current height of 324 m (1,063 ft). [26] Eiffel invited Edison to his private apartment at the top of the tower, where Edison presented him with one of his phonographs, a new invention and one of the many highlights of the exposition. The visible work on-site was complemented by the enormous amount of exacting preparatory work that took place behind the scenes: the drawing office produced 1,700 general drawings and 3,629 detailed drawings of the 18,038 different parts needed. The City had planned to tear it down (part of the original contest rules for designing a tower was that it should be easy to dismantle) but as the tower proved to be valuable for communication purposes, it was allowed to remain after the expiry of the permit. Address : The searchlights on top of the tower made it a beacon in Paris's night sky, and 20,000 flashing bulbs gave the tower a sparkly appearance for five minutes every hour on the hour. Fields marked with a “*” are required in order for you to contact us. A pair of 81 m (266 ft) hydraulic rams were mounted on the second level, reaching nearly halfway up to the third level. O brinquedo 'La Tour Eiffel', conhecido como elevador está fechado desde fevereiro de 2012, quando a adolescente Gabriela Nichimura, de 14 anos, sofreu uma queda do aparelho e morreu em consequência dos ferimentos. At the bottom of the run, the chains passed around 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) diameter sprockets. It was removed due to structural considerations; engineers had determined it was too heavy and was causing the tower to sag. 6 773 374 estiveram aqui. Famous visitors to the tower included the Prince of Wales, Sarah Bernhardt, "Buffalo Bill" Cody (his Wild West show was an attraction at the exposition) and Thomas Edison. The climb from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the climb from the first level to the second. [75] The tower itself is located at the intersection of the quai Branly and the Pont d'Iéna. [14] Today, it is widely considered to be a remarkable piece of structural art, and is often featured in films and literature. You may request the access, rectification, deletion, or portability of your data, choose to limit its use, or to set guidelines for the handling of your data in the event of your death. During the last three minutes of the year, the lights were turned on starting from the base of the tower and continuing to the top to welcome 2000 with a huge fireworks show. Eiffel had a permit for the tower to stand for 20 years. La SETE et ses 340 salariés accueillent les 6 millions de visiteurs annuels de la tour Eiffel. In 1910, Father Theodor Wulf measured radiant energy at the top and bottom of the tower. The Director of Documentation for what was then called the Société Nouvelle d'exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SNTE), Stéphane Dieu, commented in 2005: "It is really just a way to manage commercial use of the image, so that it isn't used in ways [of which] we don't approve". And for twenty years … we shall see stretching like a blot of ink the hateful shadow of the hateful column of bolted sheet metal.[8]. [31], Many innovations took place at the Eiffel Tower in the early 20th century. Contate seus executivos por e-mail agora, incluindo Patrick Branco Ruivo Robert Moriarty flew a Beechcraft Bonanza under the tower on 31 March 1984. Bienvenue sur le site officiel de la SETE La Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel entretient, exploite et anime la tour Eiffel, dans le cadre d’un contrat de délégation de service public avec la Mairie de Paris. Work on the foundations started on 28 January 1887. Welcome to the Eiffel Tower's official website. [81] This restaurant was sold to an American restaurateur and transported to New York and then New Orleans. On 17 November, an improved 180-line transmitter was installed. [24], The main structural work was completed at the end of March 1889 and, on 31 March, Eiffel celebrated by leading a group of government officials, accompanied by representatives of the press, to the top of the tower. The plan was allegedly vetoed by the company operating the tower out of fear that the French government could refuse permission for the tower to be restored in its original location.[49]. [79] Starting May 2019, it will be managed by three star chef Frédéric Anton. Hotéis perto de Theatre de la Tour Eiffel: Stylish flat with views on the Eiffel tower (0.06 km) Hotel de Londres Eiffel (0.08 km) Le Derby Alma (0.19 km) Hotel de la Paix Tour Eiffel (0.25 km) Hotel de la Tour Eiffel (0.18 km) Veja todos os hotéis perto de Theatre de la Tour Eiffel no Tripadvisor In all, 18,038 pieces were joined together using 2.5 million rivets. La SETE est une SPL (Société Publique Locale). [25], There was still work to be done, particularly on the lifts and facilities, and the tower was not opened to the public until nine days after the opening of the exposition on 6 May; even then, the lifts had not been completed. A petition called "Artists against the Eiffel Tower" was sent to the Minister of Works and Commissioner for the Exposition, Adolphe Alphand, and it was published by Le Temps on 14 February 1887: We, writers, painters, sculptors, architects and passionate devotees of the hitherto untouched beauty of Paris, protest with all our strength, with all our indignation in the name of slighted French taste, against the erection … of this useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower … To bring our arguments home, imagine for a moment a giddy, ridiculous tower dominating Paris like a gigantic black smokestack, crushing under its barbaric bulk Notre Dame, the Tour Saint-Jacques, the Louvre, the Dome of les Invalides, the Arc de Triomphe, all of our humiliated monuments will disappear in this ghastly dream. [64], The Eiffel Tower sways by up to 9 cm (3.5 in) in the wind. [32] Just two years later, on 4 February 1912, Austrian tailor Franz Reichelt died after jumping from the first level of the tower (a height of 57 m) to demonstrate his parachute design. [36], On two separate but related occasions in 1925, the con artist Victor Lustig "sold" the tower for scrap metal. It was rebuilt on the edge of New Orleans' Garden District as a restaurant and later event hall. Email : communication@toureiffel.paris. An early example is Blackpool Tower in England. These were connected to longwave transmitters in small bunkers. Indeed, Garnier was a member of the Tower Commission that had examined the various proposals, and had raised no objection. At the same time, two new emergency staircases were installed, replacing the original spiral staircases. [12] Guy de Maupassant supposedly ate lunch in the tower's restaurant every day because it was the one place in Paris where the tower was not visible.[13]. [83] Tokyo Tower in Japan, built as a communications tower in 1958, was also inspired by the Eiffel Tower. The west and north legs, being closer to the river Seine, were more complicated: each slab needed two piles installed by using compressed-air caissons 15 m (49 ft) long and 6 m (20 ft) in diameter driven to a depth of 22 m (72 ft)[16] to support the concrete slabs, which were 6 m (20 ft) thick. Until the 1950s, sets of aerial wires ran from the cupola to anchors on the Avenue de Suffren and Champ de Mars. Little progress was made until 1886, when Jules Grévy was re-elected as president of France and Édouard Lockroy was appointed as minister for trade. Gustave Eiffel responded to these criticisms by comparing his tower to the Egyptian pyramids: "My tower will be the tallest edifice ever erected by man. The data currently collected by Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel is processed in order for us to be able to respond to your inquiry. Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) Will it not also be grandiose in its way? The motive power was moved from the water hydraulic system to a new electrically driven oil-filled hydraulic system, and the original water hydraulics were retained solely as a counterbalance system. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. Dusk transforms the Eiffel Tower! A promenade 2.6-metre (8 ft 6 in) wide ran around the outside of the first level. [47] A year later, an additional lift system was installed in the north pillar. and "Gustave Eiffel Has Gone Mad: He Has Been Confined in an Asylum" appeared in the tabloid press. [12] Because the lifts were not yet in operation, the ascent was made by foot, and took over an hour, with Eiffel stopping frequently to explain various features. 75015 Paris, Phone : After being exhausted from the cylinder, the water was pumped back up to the reservoir by two pumps in the machinery room at the base of the south leg. In preparation for the June 25, 2020, reopening of Eiffel Tower visits, the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) announces that its online ticket office will open on June 18, 2020, at 10:00 am. An exhibition above a cafeteria on the first floor commemorates this event. In an interview with the newspaper Le Temps published on 14 February 1887, Eiffel said: Is it not true that the very conditions which give strength also conform to the hidden rules of harmony? For other uses, see, "300-metre tower" and "Tour Eiffel" redirect here. Failure to respond to these fields will make it impossible to process your application. [60] As a demonstration of the economy of design, if the 7,300 tons of metal in the structure were melted down, it would fill the square base, 125 metres (410 ft) on each side, to a depth of only 6.25 cm (2.46 in) assuming the density of the metal to be 7.8 tons per cubic metre. [82], As one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, the Eiffel Tower has been the inspiration for the creation of many replicas and similar towers. [66], When originally built, the first level contained three restaurants — one French, one Russian and one Flemish — and an "Anglo-American Bar". [4] In May 1884, working at home, Koechlin made a sketch of their idea, described by him as "a great pylon, consisting of four lattice girders standing apart at the base and coming together at the top, joined together by metal trusses at regular intervals". The sparkly lighting continued for 18 months until July 2001. [80] It owes its name to the famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne. Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift to the first and second levels. Because the mechanism requires frequent lubrication and maintenance, public access is often restricted. The car was divided into two superimposed compartments, each holding 25 passengers, with the lift operator occupying an exterior platform on the first level. [86] This would be more than ten times the cost of the original (nearly 8 million in 1890 Francs; ~US$40 million in 2018 dollars). Welcome to the Eiffel Tower official page! The top half was even assumed to have no gaps in the latticework. The cars were replaced, and a computer system was installed to completely automate the lifts. The proposed tower had been a subject of controversy, drawing criticism from those who did not believe it was feasible and those who objected on artistic grounds. Hôtel de la Tour Eiffel aceita estes cartões e reserva-se o direito de reter um valor temporariamente no seu cartão antes da chegada. Repairs took a year, and in 1957, the present radio aerial was added to the top. Toutes les informations pratiques pour venir à la Tour Eiffel, acheter un billet (tarifs : 16 à 25 € maximum pour les adultes et 4 à 12,5 € pour les enfants et les jeunes), découvrir le monument ou l'actualité de la tour Eiffel On 12 May, a commission was set up to examine Eiffel's scheme and its rivals, which, a month later, decided that all the proposals except Eiffel's were either impractical or lacking in details. [17] The task of drawing the components was complicated by the complex angles involved in the design and the degree of precision required: the position of rivet holes was specified to within 1 mm (0.04 in) and angles worked out to one second of arc. 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The original hydraulic mechanism is on public display in a small museum at the base of the east and west legs. These had a compensating mechanism to keep the floor level as the angle of ascent changed at the first level, and were driven by a similar hydraulic mechanism to the Otis lifts, although this was situated at the base of the tower. Most of the party chose to stop at the lower levels, but a few, including the structural engineer, Émile Nouguier, the head of construction, Jean Compagnon, the President of the City Council, and reporters from Le Figaro and Le Monde Illustré, completed the ascent. The tower was closed to the public during the occupation and the lifts were not repaired until 1946. The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. He found more at the top than expected, incidentally discovering what are known today as cosmic rays. The tower was an instant success with the public, and nearly 30,000 visitors made the 1,710-step climb to the top before the lifts entered service on 26 May.

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