Unit 6 DesignThe Eiffel Tower is very famous in France
It is visited by 7 million visitors a year
The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century
On Monday, March 31st, 2019, it turned 130
The look of the Eiffel Tower is greatly loved by people today, but things were different when the design was first shown to the public
Many French artists thought that the design was ugly
However, Eiffel did not change a thing
He believed that once it was completed, people in Paris and visitors around the world would love the tower
He was certainly right
The tower became popular with the public as soon as it opened on March 31st, 1889, two years after the construction began
Over 3,000 people came to look at this new tower and even made the effort to climb the 1,710 stairs