The 12,000 steel girders are held together by 2,500,000 rivets to produce a smooth, curving profile. Its functional elegance heralded the dawn of Industrial Art, and has met with much sarcastic comment from more conservative observers ever since it was finished in 1889.
And in 1986 the external night-time floodlighting was replaced by a system of illumination from within the tower's superstructure, so that it now looks at its magical best after dark. How to get there
METRO : Bir-Hakeim, Trocadéro, Ecole Militaire , RER : Ligne C - Station Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel , BUS : 42,69,72,82,87, TAXI : Station Quai Branly, Pilier Ouest
Opening : From January 1 to June 18: 9:30 am - 18:30 pm (11:00pm via lift)
From June 19 to August 29: 9:00 am - midnight
From August 30 to December 31: 9:30 am - 18:30 pm (11:00pm via lift) Last admitance 1 hour before closing.