Painting the Eiffel Tower, 1953
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower that was first constructed for the 1889 World Exposition in Paris, France. Construction began two years before and by the time that they were done, it was over 1000 feet tall. The tower wasn’t quite the attraction it is today.
When the monument was first constructed, hundreds of artists took to the streets of Paris to protest against it. According to them, the iron structure was going to ruin the city. French writer Guy de Maupassant would eat his lunch in the tower because it was the only place where he didn’t have to see it.
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