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THE
VISITORS OF THE TOWER EIFFEL :
In 1994, the Tower has welcomed
in hundred years more than 150 millions of visitors.
Kings, simple tourists, international personalities or ephemeral
strollers, all these “citizens of the Eiffel Tower”
have participated in the architectural and psychological destiny
of one of the most capital astonishing florets. Such the pyramids,
of the ancient temples or the old pagodas of the world extremity,
the Tower titillates the imagination, cause the dreams and
stir the curiosity
The tower receives:
1889: Their Royal Highness Wales’s
prince and princess are the first crowned heads makes the
monument ascension. They are followed by a lot of other: Oscar
II of Sweden, Georges 1st of Greece, Leopold II of Belgium,
the royal family of Japan, the Tzarevitch, the shah of Persia,
the Portugal king and the Egyptian princes... The year of
its opening, the Tower Eiffel is a worldly attraction. Thomas
Edison offers his phonograph to Eiffel. Sarah Bernhardt makes
a strong noticed passage.
1900: The Austria archduke Charles
Ferdinand is delighted for the elevators speed service and
the marvellous terrace of the 2nd floor...
1921: The Japan future emperor
goes for a walk on the Eiffel Tower at the time of his first
visit to Europe. He is 20 years old.
1939: An official reception
dinner for the monument’s fiftieth birthday unites the
Windsor duke, the Spain and Poland ambassadors.

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