The Eiffel Towerre.

Louvre.

The Louvre - is not only an architectural monument, a palace of French kings, but also one of the most famous museums in the world. It boasts an enormous collection of various exhibits. Here you can find the bas-reliefs of Assyrian palaces, Egyptian painting and much more.

The former royal palace which was built in 1200 King Philip Augustus. This palace has suffered little change with every king until in 1672 Louis XIV had built Versailles. The Louvre remained empty until in 1725 the Academy of Art did not hold in the Louvre art galleries.

In 1791 the Louvre was turned into a museum. In 1992, the Louvre restored and increased the area of ​​the museum, after the Louvre has become the largest museum in the world. The Louvre is divided into 7 different museums. The large collection of ancient Egyptian, ancient, Western European art.

In the Louvre is impossible to see everything at once, so try to decide in advance what work you want to see and try to find them. The main entrance to the museum you will find on the glass pyramid at the Louv area.

The Eiffel Towerre.

The tower was erected on the Champ de Mars in front of Jena bridge over the Seine.

Built in 1889 for the Universal Exhibition in memory of the centenary of the Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was the tallest building in the world (320 m), before the construction of buildings in Manhattan Chrysler.

Originally, the tower was criticized by the artistic and literary elite of the city, and in 1909 it almost was ready to demolish. She was rehabilitated after it emerged that she may be an ideal platform for the antennas needed for the development of science and technology. In the south-east of the tower there is a large green lawn, which was once used as a platform to launch the balloons, and hang out here now teenagers, and political rallies are held.

If you want to climb the tower itself, there are three levels open to the public. At the elevators are usually long waiting lists, but you can use the stairs on the south side of the tower, which lead to the first and second platforms. Here also, there are guided tours.

Height: 318.7 meters

Weight: about 10 000 t.

Number of metal prefabricated: 15 000.

Number of weld studs: 2.5 million

Pressure on land: 4 kg/cm2 (= the pressure of a man sitting on a chair).

Fluctuation at the very top of a strong wind: not more than 12 cm

The height of viewing platforms: bottom - 57 m, average - 115 m, the top - 274 m.

Number of stairs stairs leading to the lower observation deck: 1652.

The regularity of redecoration: every 7 years (60 tons of paint three shades).

Simultaneously, the tower can be 10 400 people.

In addition to serving tourists, the tower used for radio and television, as well as the meteorological station. Attendants: 350 pers. Average visitors per year: 6 million.

In clear weather observation range from the top shows of the site - up to 70 km (best visibility - an hour before sunset).

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