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Few structures are as instantly recognisable as the Eiffel Tower, the wrought-iron lattice that has stood over the Champ de Mars since 1889 and become the enduring emblem of Paris and of France itself. It was designed by the engineer Gustave Eiffel and his team as the centrepiece of the Universal Exhibition held to mark the centenary of the French Revolution, and at some three hundred metres it was the tallest structure in the world for over forty years. Far from being universally admired at fir...