Every year on March 31, the world celebrates Eiffel Tower Day, marking the grand inauguration of the iconic Eiffel Tower in 1889. Standing tall in the heart of Paris, this architectural marvel has ...
Two of his senior engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, drafted the first version in 1884. At first, Eiffel wasn’t impressed by their sketches—he thought they looked too plain. But once ...