If the symbol of Rome is the Colosseum

If the symbol of Rome is the Colosseum, then Paris’s symbol is without doubt the Eiffel Tower: both are monuments unique in planning and construction, both stir admiration by their extraordinary dimensions, and both bear witness to man’s inborn will to bui ld something capable of demonstrating the measure of his genius. The tower was erected on the occasion of the World Fair in 1889. These were the years of the Industrial Revolution, of progress and of scientific conquests. The attempt was made to adapt every art to the new direction which life had taken and to make every human activity correspond to the new sensibility created by the rapidly changing times. Architecture also underwent radical changes: glass, iron and steel were the new construction materials, the most suitable ones to make buildings lighter, more dynamic and more modern. The engineer, in short, had taken the place of the architect. And indeed it was an engineer, Gustave Eiffel, who drew --- not on paper but on the surface of the sky itself --- these extraordinary lines of metal, which soar above the Parisian skyline and seem to triumph over all the older monuments of the city. While the older buildings symbolize the past, the Eiffel Tower anticipates the future and the conquests which man will achieve. Altogether 320 m. (1050 ft.) high, the Eiffel Tower is an extremely light, interlaced structure in which no less than 15,000 pieces of metal are welded together. Its extraordinary weight of 7000 tons rests on four enormous pylons with cement bases. It has three floors: the first at 57 m. (187 ft.), the second at 115 m. (377 ft.) and the third at 274 m. (899 ft.). On each of the floors there are bars and restaurants, allowing the tourist to pause there and enjoy the unique panoramic view: at times, on days when the visibility is perfect, one can see almost 45 miles. Beneath the Eiffel Tower is the green area of the Champs-de-Mars, a military field at one time but later transformed into a garden.
如果罗马的象征是斗兽场，那么巴黎的标志是毫无疑问的艾菲尔铁塔：两者都在规划和建设遗迹独特，既激发钦佩，他们不平凡的尺寸，都见证了人类与生俱来的意志来构建能够证明的东西他的天才的措施。

该塔建于世界博览会于1889年之际。

这些都是进步和科学的征服之年的工业革命。

在尝试了每一个艺术适应其生活已经采取并尽一切人类活动对应了迅速变化的时代所创建的新的感性的新方向。

体系结构也经历了剧烈的变化：玻璃，钢铁是新建筑的材料，最适合那些做建筑更轻，更具活力，更加现代化。

工程师，总之，采取了建筑师的地方。

实际上它是一个工程师，居斯塔夫·埃菲尔，谁画---不是在纸面上，但天空本身的表面上---这些非凡的金属线，这翱翔巴黎的天际线，似乎战胜所有旧古迹的城市。

而老建筑，象征着过去，艾菲尔铁塔预计未来和征服的男人会实现。

共320米。

（1050英尺）高，埃菲尔铁塔是一个非常轻，交错结构，其中不少于15,000件金属焊接在一起。

其非凡的7000吨的重量落在四个巨大的吊架与水泥基地。

它有三层：第一在57米（187英尺），第二个为115微米。

（378英尺），第三个在274米（899英尺）。

在每个楼层有酒吧和餐厅，让游人停在那里，享受独特的全景：有时，在天当能见度是完美的，人们可以看到几乎45英里。

下方的艾菲尔铁塔香榭丽去火星，一次军事领域的绿色区域，但后来变成了一个花园。