Is The Eiffel Tower getting bigger?

Over its 131-year history, the Eiffel Tower has gotten taller thanks to radio and television antennas. But in addition to this new equipment added at the top, its metal structure gains or loses a few centimeters throughout the year.



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In fact, the Tower has been repainted for over 130 years, about once every 7 years. So if it is repainted, the Eiffel Tower can last... forever.

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Park land around the Eiffel Tower will be redeveloped to help ease tourist congestion ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. A design competition was held to find the best plans to reimagine the 133 acres to be redeveloped. Contestants were provided a 3D model of the structure through scan-to-BIM technology.

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Eiffel Tower Day 2023: Every year on March 31, Eiffel Tower Day is observed to honour the tower's inaugural. On this day in 1889, the skyscraper was revealed to the public. And even after 134 years, this monument continues to charm thousands of tourists each day.

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On March 31 2022, the Eiffel Tower will celebrate the 133rd anniversary of its inauguration.

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Contrary to popular beliefs, the Tower's nightly illumination, it's golden glow, only represents about 4% of the monument's annual energy expenses.

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What Are the 11 Most Interesting Facts About the Eiffel Tower?
  • It Was Designed by Gustave Eiffel. ...
  • It Took 22 Months to Complete. ...
  • The Eiffel Tower Is Made of Iron. ...
  • The Eiffel Tower Has Three Floors. ...
  • It's as heavy as an Entire Freight Train. ...
  • The Eiffel Tower Has to be Repainted Every 7 Years.


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The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed La dame de fer, it was constructed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair.



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The Eiffel Tower gets a complete repaint every 7 years. This rhythm was recommended by Gustave Eiffel himself.

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The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be torn down after 20 years. The tower was built with the intent of showing off France's industrial prowess during the World's Fair, but the plan was to tear it down after 20 years.

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The Eiffel Tower is made of puddle iron, a material that could last almost forever if it is repainted regularly. However, several factors pose a threat, including rust, pollution inherent to its location in a big city, bird droppings and the weather.

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The paint wears off with time and rain, so it has to be redone to guarantee continued protection. For this reason, the Tower has been repainted on average every seven years, according to a cycle laid out by Gustave Eiffel himself.

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The Eiffel Tower is cleaned every year with four tons of wipes, 25,000 garbage bags, 10,000 doses of detergent, and 105 gallons of metal cleaning solution!

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It is made of lattice-shaped wrought iron with 20,000 lights. The Eiffel Tower was built for $1.5M in 1889. If we inflation adjust this original cost using CPI, we get $44M. According to a 2012 study by the Chamber of Commerce of Monza and Brianza in northern Italy, it is worth $510 billion.

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The Eiffel Tower's Illuminations. Every evening, the Eiffel Tower is adorned with its golden covering and sparkles for 5 minutes every hour on the hour, while its beacon shines over Paris.

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When does the Iron Lady sparkle? You can admire the golden Eiffel Tower light show during which it twinkles for 5 minutes every hour. The show takes place every evening.

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The Eiffel Tower was built in record time: 2 years, 2 months and 5 days. From late January 1887 to March 31, 1889. In addition to the technical and architectural prowess, the Tower's rapid construction also represented an unparalleled achievement at that time.

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For the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the tower will go back a few decades and regain the golden color it sported at the beginning of the 20th century.

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The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be dismantled after 20 years. Fortunately, things didn't happen that way, and we have radio to thank for it! By Bertrand Lemoine. In 1910, the Eiffel Tower could have been demolished!

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City of Paris ownership Today, the City of Paris owns the Tower and has entrusted its management to a development company (SETE: Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel) of which it owns 99% of the capital. Bertrand Lemoine is an architect, engineer and historian.

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