Gustave Alexandre Eiffel
1832-1923
French engineer who pioneered steel bridge designs and constructed the tower named after him. After chemistry studies, he worked as a railway engineer and later head...
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The French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) is best known for the Eiffel Tower, which he built in Paris in 1889.Born in Dijon, Gustave Eiffel studied at the École Polytechnique and...
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Paris (dpa) - Bicycle tourists in France will have more tracks to
choose from this year, especially in the Loire Valley and Burgundy,
the Maison de la France tourist office ...
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Today is Saturday, March 31, the 90th day of 2007. There are 275 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 31, 1889, French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French t...
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The Dutch basketball team Eiffel Towers acquired an emblem Monday worthy of its name.Team president Erik Kurvers purchased a 14-foot piece of a winding iron staircase that once stood in the Eiffel ...
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Dec 21 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on December 28 since 1900: 1908 - More than 82,000 people were killed in an earthquake
which reduced Messina, Sicily's se...
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The final candidates in the contest to name the new seven wonders of the world. The Great Pyramids in Giza will retain their status as one of the original seven wonders of the world.___PYRAMIDS OF ...
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A global competition to name the new Wonders of the World is attracting widespread interest, with more than 20 million people voting so far in the poll conducted by Internet and telephone, organize...
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The Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome and Peru's Machu Picchu are leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the world, as a massive poll draws to a close with votes already c...
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Gustave Alexandre Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
France increases tracks for bicycle tourists
