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Take in a top to bottom look at Paris's Eiffel Tower commissioned for the International Exposition of 1889

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“the Iron Lady”

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel, 1887–89.

Eiffel Tower, Paris

postcard; airship

The Eiffel Tower, from the Centre Beaubourg on the Right Bank, looking westward over the rooftops of the city.

Take in a top to bottom look at Paris's Eiffel Tower commissioned for the International Exposition of 1889

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