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The inauguration of the Eiffel Tower — The completion of the three-hundred-metre tower, 1889
Star of the Universal Exposition celebrating the centenary of 1789, Gustave Eiffel’s iron tower — three hundred metres, the world’s tallest monument — was reviled by artists before becoming the city’s very emblem. (Editorial synthesis)
The inauguration of the Eiffel Tower ended in the world’s tallest monument. (source: Larousse)
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