- Located in Paris, France
- Designed by Gustave Eiffel
- Completed in 1889
- Height: 330 meters (1,083 feet)
- Base width: 125 meters (410 feet)
- Top width: 33 meters (108 feet)
- Number of steps: 1,665
- Weight: 10,100 tons
- Material: Wrought iron
- The Eiffel Tower consists of four wrought iron legs that rise to a single top platform connected by horizontal girders
- The legs are anchored in concrete foundations 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide
- The tower itself does not extend to the ground- instead it stands upon four massive stone pedestals
- In the centre of each side at the first level is an arch spanning nearly forty metres at its base and more than seventy-five metres high
- This great arch frames what might be called the tower's entrance
