The Eiffel Tower

With Eiffel Tower, Exposition Universelle, 1900, we travel back in time to view one of the most famous structures in the world as it looked over a century ago. Engineer Gustave Eiffel built the wrought-iron lattice tower that bears his name as the entrance arch for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world's fair of sorts touting France's past and future contributions to culture, art, science and industry. Despite its modern-day status as the City of Light's top tourist attraction, the tower was designed to serve as a symbol of "Utopia achieved" and a defining moment of the industrial era.

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