the history from the eiffel tower

Originally, the tower was built to serve as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair. Gustave Eiffel, the engineer whose company designed and built the tower, started construction in 1887. Two years later, in 1889, the tower officially came to life.

Gustave Eiffel was the donor This statue was designed by Bartholdi and was donated to the United States by the French state in memory of the collaboration between America and France during the American Revolution.