The structure known today as the Eiffel Tower was originally dubbed the Tour de 300 mètres, the 300-metre tower. The name was proposed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nougier to Gustave Eiffel ...

There is ongoing debate over Olympic rings added to the Eiffel Tower and worry that they may become a permanent fixture. AFP via Getty Images Vive la résistance! Family descendants of famed 19th ...

PARIS — The giant Olympic rings that were installed on the Eiffel Tower for the 2024 summer Olympic Games will become a permanent fixture on the monument, the mayor of Paris revealed Saturday. Mayor ...

Parisians won’t be saying “adieu” to the Olympic Games as early as they expected after the city’s mayor announced plans to leave the Olympic rings as a permanent fixture on the Eiffel Tower. “I want ...

Organizers of the Ancient Olympics, the precursor of the modern Games, probably weren't as concerned with sustainability as the organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics. At least, if the ancient Greeks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To give an idea of how light the tower is, its weight of 7,300 tonnes is close to the weight of the volume of air contained within ...