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**Did You Know? The "Eiffel Tower Was Originally Not Meant To Be Built In Paris🗼🇫🇷"

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By Jude Obuseh In the late 19th century, as the world witnessed a burgeoning industrial revolution, the concept of building towering structures from iron captured the imagination of engineers and architects. Gustave Eiffel, a French civil engineer renowned for his innovative iron designs, envisioned a colossal iron tower that would stand as a symbol of progress and architectural achievement. Eiffel's grand vision was for a tower that would not only be an awe-inspiring work of art but also a functional centerpiece for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world's fair to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The iron marvel was to be the crowning jewel of this international exhibition. Surprisingly, Paris was not the first city to be offered this monumental gift. Gustave Eiffel originally proposed his towering masterpiece to the city of Barcelona, Spain. The design, a lattice of iron arches that would rise to a staggering height, was indeed a radical...