You may have seen the Eiffel Tower photos countless times but there's one thing that may or may not be known by you: the Eiffel Tower has a secret apartment.
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| a photo of the well known Eiffel Tower |
TO WHOM IT BELONGED?
The apartment was made especially for the one who created the tower,
Gustave Eiffel. This French civil engineer was a legend in terms of urban planning, architecture, and construction. He had lots of important buildings in France and totally earned the tower being named upon him. So did he earn to have an apartment in one of the finest and most popular towers in the world.
THE PURPOSE OF THE TOWER
The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be temporary and was supposed to be demolished in 1909 as the plans stated. Eiffel made sure to put all his thoughts and work into that masterpiece so whoever comes next will never dare to destroy it. Still, the intentions of constructing the tower were to prove to Europe that France has big industrial power and influence. The Eiffel tower was a show off.
Despite all the odds, it turned out to be one of the most visited places on earth.
BEST VIEW IN PARIS
The photo above shows how Paris looks like from the Eiffel Tower. It's a captivating scene for sure. This is the top of the tower, and to be accurate: this is the view from one of the apartment windows.
In 1889, the small apartment was planned and finished by Gustave Eiffel to be an observatory, personal apartment, and laboratory for weather and radio experiments.
IT LOOKED ... NICE AND SMALL
The apartment fulfilled the intentions it was made for. It's so small that you can feel it all belongs to you. It's scientifically made to have an appropriate temperature for experiments, and it was nice in total.
