Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron' tower in Paris, a landmark and an early example of wrought-iron construction on a gigantic scale. It was designed and built by the French engineer Gustave Alexandre Eiffel for the Paris World's Fair of 1889. The tower, without its modern broadcasting antennae, is 320 meters (1050 ft.) high. The lower section consists of four immense arched legs set on masonry piers. The legs curve inward until they unite in a single tapered tower. Platforms, each with an observation deck, are at three levels. The tower has three floors: the first at 57 meters(187ft), the second at 115 meters (377ft), and the third at 274 meters (899 ft). The tourists will find restaurants and bars that are perfect for taking a break and admiring utterly unique views of the city. The tower, constructed of' about 7,000 tons of iron, has stairs and elevators. A meteorological station, a radio communication station, and a television transmission antenna, as well as a suite of rooms° that were used by Eiffel, are located” near the top of the tower.

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埃菲爾鐵塔

埃菲爾鐵塔是位于巴黎的一座鐵塔，也是巨型鑄鐵建筑的里程碑和先例。此塔是由法國工程師古斯塔夫?埃菲爾為1889年的巴黎世界博覽會設(shè)計并制造的。不算后裝的廣播天線，塔高320米 (1050英尺)。底部是由四條嵌在混凝土基座上的拱形巨腿構(gòu)成的。四條腿內(nèi)側(cè)呈弧線，逐漸交匯，形成錐形塔身。全塔共有三層平臺，每個平臺都有觀光廊。塔有三層:第一層57米 (187英尺)，第二層115米 (377英尺)，第三層274米 (899英尺)。每層都有酒吧和飯館，游客們可以飽覽此地獨有的全景式的景觀。鐵塔共用了約7000噸鐵，還設(shè)有樓梯和電梯。塔的頂部有氣象站、廣播站、電視發(fā)射天線，還有一套埃菲爾住過的房間。

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法國旅游景點

法國平均每年接待外國游客7000 多萬人次，是世界第一旅游大國，超過該國人口。2010年，法國連續(xù)五年被評為全球最適合居住的國家。首都巴黎(Paris)的凱旋門(Arc de Triomphe或Arch of Triumph)、埃菲爾鐵塔(Eiffel Tower)、柏林墻(Berlin Wall)、巴黎圣母院大教堂(Cathedrale/Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris)、地中海(Mediterranean Sea)和大西洋沿岸(Atlantic Coast)的風(fēng)景區(qū)及阿爾卑斯山區(qū) (the Alps)都是舉世聞名的旅游勝地。此外還有一些歷史名城、盧瓦爾(Loire)河畔的古堡群，100多座宏偉的城堡屹立于此;布列塔尼(Brittany)和諾曼底(Normandy)的漁村、科西嘉島(Corsica)等。法國一些著名的博物館收藏著世界文化的寶貴遺產(chǎn)，如:盧浮宮美術(shù)館一一藝術(shù)的神秘殿堂(Musee du Louvre)，奧爾塞美術(shù)館一車站變成的美術(shù)館(Musee d'orsay)，國立近代美術(shù)館(Musee National d'Art Moderne)，羅丹美術(shù)館一一明亮寧靜的美術(shù)館(Musee Rodlin)，裘德?波姆國立美術(shù)館一一作為現(xiàn)代美術(shù)館再生的印象派美術(shù)館(Galerie National du jeu de Paume)，奧蘭裘利《桔園》美術(shù)館(Musee de L'Orangerie)等。

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