Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer who oversaw the construction of the Eiffel Tower by the Seine in 1889, once said of his creation: “I should envy the tower. She is more famous than me.
You can only wonder how jealous he would be of his 1,083-foot tall creation if he saw the tower in its current state.
The tower, which is the world’s most visited monument with an entrance fee, is corroding rapidly and in need of repair, according to confidential reports leaked to French media.
A manager of the monument said that Eiffel would have a fit if he saw it today. According to a 2014 report by Expiris, a company that specializes in rust prevention, Eiffel
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