Looking Up to the Eiffel Tower

Visitors peer over the ballastrade of the promenade gallery on the first floor
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Getting an Eiffel
Visitors peer over the ballastrade of the promenade gallery on the first floor. More than 200,000,000 people have visited the Tower since it opened in 1889, making it the most visited paid monument in the world.

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