Gustave Eiffel, who built the tower that bears his name, was a man without flair. Nonetheless, ... The gate of the Trocadero frames the Eiffel Tower in a July 1921 photograph.

By the 1920s, the Eiffel Tower represented progress and modernity, and its image became inseparably associated with Paris. The fate of the monument and the city became inextricably intertwined.

The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet (324 meters) tall, including the antenna at the top. Without the antenna, it is 984 feet (300 m). It was the world's tallest structure until the Chrysler Building ...