‘First time I saw it, I cried’: Eiffel Tower moves tourists 100 years after Gustave Eiffel’s death

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‘First time I saw it, I cried’: Eiffel Tower moves tourists 100 years after Gustave Eiffel’s death One hundred years after the death of engineer and entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel, his main creation – Paris’s iconic Eiffel Tower – continues to dazzle visitors, remaining the most powerful and distinctive symbol of the City of Light.