The Eiffel tower was constructed as the entrance for the 1889 World Fair held in Paris. The world fair was held to mark 100 years anniversary for the French Revolution. The tower is named after Gustave Eiffel, the engineer whose company designed it. The construction of the building started in January 1887 and finished by March 1889. On March 31st took Gustave Eiffel a group of government official and some press up in the tower to celebrate that the tower was finished. When it was build was it the tallest man-made structure in the world and the Eiffel tower held this record for 41 years. The tower was initially criticized by some of the leading artists in France, but it has grown in popularity ever since. It is today the worlds most visited paid monument, a cultural icon and the tallest structure in France.
"Not only the art of the modern engineer, but also the century of Industry and Science in which we are living, and for which the way was prepared by the great scientific movement of the eighteenth century and by the Revolution of 1789, to which this monument will be built as an expression of France's gratitude." - Eiffel talking about what the tower would represent.
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