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Eiffel Tower may have inspired Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, says expert

James Hall believes painting’s ‘pyrotechnical music of the stars, sky and clouds’ recalls Paris monument’s spectacular opening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Gustave Eiffel: engineer, entrepreneur and innovator

Gustave Eiffel died 100 years ago at the age of 91. Best known as the engineer behind the Eiffel Tower, he was also an entrepreneur and patron of the sciences.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 14, 2023

The new films and shows out on Now this weekend – January 13

Sky’s subscription service has some great new content dropping in January

Manchester Evening News · Jan 13, 2023

Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in urgent need of repair

Cracks plague the famous monument, according to reports

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Rusting Eiffel Tower in worrying state of repair, reports warn

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs but is getting only a cosmetic, if costly, paint job ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to several leaked reports cited by French media.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 5, 2022

Fears €60m repaint won’t save ‘rusting’ Eiffel Tower

The Paris structure was only intended to stand 20 years and now faces an uncertain future

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2022

Eiffel Tower riddled with rust and in need of total repair, says leaked report

The tower is about to get a new coat of paint, but just 5% of the structure will be covered

Wales Online · Jul 5, 2022

Rusting Eiffel Tower in Need of Full Repairs, Reports Say

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-meter (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 4, 2022

Rusting Eiffel Tower in need of full repairs, reports say

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne.

Reuters · Jul 4, 2022