A review of Hotel Vernet in Paris' 8th arrondissement, including the rooms, food and drink, and dinner at Le V under Gustave ...

Gustave Eiffel already had several large projects to his name by the time the 1889 World’s Fair was announced. He had engineered Budapest’s railway station and Porto’s Maria Pia Bridge, and was in the ...

From September 15, 2026, to January 31, 2027, the Musée d'Orsay will showcase an exhibition dedicated to the Statue of ...

French engineer and entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel will forever be remembered for building the much-loved tower that has dominated the Paris skyline for over a century. But the father of the Eiffel Tower ...

The completion of the tower in 1889 turned it into an instant attraction, even among those who had once questioned its ...

Gustave Eiffel is regarded as one of the most influential Frenchmen of the 19th and 20th centuries. Eiffel is widely recognised as a legend of his day, having presided over the construction of some of ...

When Philippe Coupérie-Eiffel was a young boy, his great-grandmother issued him a directive: “You must learn and understand what my father did, and then pass on that knowledge.” In a new book, Eiffel ...

The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors on Wednesday after workers went on strike ahead of contract negotiations with the city of Paris. The walkout coincided with planned events marking the 100th ...

When the idea of the Statue of Liberty was first raised around 1870, many Americans found the proposal, if not exactly insane, at least idiotic. The Industrial Revolution brought profound changes into ...

The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited landmarks in the world today, was once the tallest structure ever built too. At the time of its completion in 1889, its 984 feet (or 300 meters) far surpassed ...

But the father of the Eiffel Tower also designed hundreds of other landmarks across the globe, and even patented a system of underwater "bridges" to run under the Channel. Here are five things to know ...