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Eiffel Tower

Gustave Eiffel (with Koechlin, Nouguier and Sauvestre) · Paris, France · 1889

Key featuresA wrought-iron lattice whose four curving legs gather into a single tapering shaft.

Architect
Gustave Eiffel (with Koechlin, Nouguier and Sauvestre)
Place
Paris, France
Year
1889
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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