La Tour Eiffel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMkHp_IYgfdVJA-rrSKIh6hUEoVCY95kjyIag6GHu9k4vJmxfzbyVIZ1JmAK6KXOdMRMTak6gKNBOY3Mb8nBZl6flbbVu2N0lh7O2qLqvbLsj6wHVvky_it0NglhoLIzS0ZtS-KzYaKk/s1600/2012+Jan+14+2nd_0079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMkHp_IYgfdVJA-rrSKIh6hUEoVCY95kjyIag6GHu9k4vJmxfzbyVIZ1JmAK6KXOdMRMTak6gKNBOY3Mb8nBZl6flbbVu2N0lh7O2qLqvbLsj6wHVvky_it0NglhoLIzS0ZtS-KzYaKk/s1600/2012+Jan+14+2nd_0079.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Tour Eiffel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot count the number of photos I have taken of the Eiffel Tower, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it still takes my breath away like I am seeing it for the first time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been to places where the hype exceeded the excitement of actually being there, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the Eiffel Tower marks the landscape with golden light </div><div style="text-align: center;">as I gasp yet again and hold my breath to take the shot. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Palais de Chaillot</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007 and 75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel I cannot count the number of photos I have taken of the Eiffel Tower,  but it still takes my breath away like I am seeing it ...

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City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oleUVFQ4OTpzZqs6w_-bYb_DLo7jNQGgSwZiNnOL_TNxIRSI3EdXzw0BDIIc8bGo-vfQAqq2bHK6A4v4uxFC-PoRE7cXWdIMYTJ7qtpbqxwqDF0-iKmTTjUNtppiUttavT08lU5aYTk/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+372+DSC_1071.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">City Daily Photo Theme Day</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Landmark"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this photo has my favorite plus a bonus:  </div><div style="text-align: center;">la Tour Eiffel and Grand Palais.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the setting sun of autumn the structures of both are seen in silhouette, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Eiffel Tower with its familiar pattern of steel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Grand Palais with its glass vault.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you believe that there are 6,000 tonnes of steel </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the Nave of the Grand Palais </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is more than in the whole Eiffel Tower?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">la Tour Eiffel, 7ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grand Palais, 8ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">taken from the rooftop of Printemps, 9ième</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/november-2014-gallery-landmark.html" target="_blank">Click here to see city "landmarks"</a> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from around the world</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Landmark"

City Daily Photo Theme Day "Landmark" Although Paris has many "landmarks" and it was difficult to choose just one,  this...

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La Tour Eiffel en automne

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPv6lHmfJjGfEZ40qfqilGUt_2F9be6Xg-Nfqnvaw8mdr5w9bLd8I22QGFSAVS2ZlcU1MtY6sPLqCmMvX-9nPI_-OqJlKKyUVuhHGhJW0FEGTBgXD0z76osVPSw-ckgUsw6vTsiTKZFs/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+008+DSC_8961.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">La Tour Eiffel</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">In the winter, </div><div align="center">in the spring,</div><div align="center">in the summer,</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Can it be that the best season is autumn?</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Poor M. Eiffel.  He did not live long enough to know</div><div align="center">just how beloved his 'temporary structure' has become.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Tour Eiffel</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div>

La Tour Eiffel en automne

      La Tour Eiffel       In the winter, in the spring, in the summer,   Can it be that the best season is autumn?     Poor M. Eiffel.  He ...

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La Tour Eiffel - en printemps

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEd8KwtA65mEfltpcxcp4KcyMcGCmdUqbhS8N1yBt48EAETJZkYODIXhAERgrJWBs7_guFw3_nEbk4AB9RH-n7dCj8V2Gnc6y4RQLRXARB3c0HIgmyl8FM0mc10WazoH5WrcXTi-CBTw/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEd8KwtA65mEfltpcxcp4KcyMcGCmdUqbhS8N1yBt48EAETJZkYODIXhAERgrJWBs7_guFw3_nEbk4AB9RH-n7dCj8V2Gnc6y4RQLRXARB3c0HIgmyl8FM0mc10WazoH5WrcXTi-CBTw/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0538.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Tour Eiffel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the most recognizable structures in the world....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and one of my favorite viewpoints.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></div>

La Tour Eiffel - en printemps

La Tour Eiffel One of the most recognizable structures in the world.... and one of my favorite viewpoints. La Tour Eiffel 75007, Paris  

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La Tour Eiffel XXV

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10702263493/" title="2012 Mar 29 Paris_048DSC_4731 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 29 Paris_048DSC_4731" height="472" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/10702263493_ac9261171d_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The rays of sunlight add a special quality to this iron creation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Given the choice of seeing the sun rays or snow from this spot, I would have a difficult time choosing.  Having seen both, I would have to add that with the snow, there are certainly fewer people at this famous landmark.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La Tour Eiffel XXV

La Tour Eiffel The rays of sunlight add a special quality to this iron creation. Given the choice of seeing the sun rays or snow from this s...

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La Tour Eiffel sous la neige

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmtjfxCn_6iAI8sojN4rymBZdreWBYtAHVX_F5HLHAfdERF4FlcndrZmqFgNYqUpP6O6gYDuUqdcgJYwGP6ZlTj-38s5TctpsJg79CQTSuqSddPDyz188i5S4arHq1NlR28JBwPY6i_Y/s1600/2010+Dec+7+IMG_3596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmtjfxCn_6iAI8sojN4rymBZdreWBYtAHVX_F5HLHAfdERF4FlcndrZmqFgNYqUpP6O6gYDuUqdcgJYwGP6ZlTj-38s5TctpsJg79CQTSuqSddPDyz188i5S4arHq1NlR28JBwPY6i_Y/s640/2010+Dec+7+IMG_3596.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The heavy snow (December 2010) removed all the color from this shot.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Still, the wrought iron lattice of the tower with its layer of white </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is lovely and a distinct contrast to this <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-tour-eiffel-en-printemps.html" target="_blank">same view in the spring</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Tour Eiffel</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div>

La Tour Eiffel sous la neige

La Tour Eiffel The heavy snow (December 2010) removed all the color from this shot.   Still, the wrought iron lattice of the tower with its ...

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La Tour Eiffel - le détail

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFXd9YxyLtDM51aX5YJjvkGS49x_JgadqQyaBFN1Cb8S50XQmfjNFnx_L6KqRI7iiRRAOeAT4h3-3TY2zqQ2karkCN7t9EeE8b26QRndaZp-691LytsV5-A-ZHhGCIOtY69cehmHlywo/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_051DSC_4734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFXd9YxyLtDM51aX5YJjvkGS49x_JgadqQyaBFN1Cb8S50XQmfjNFnx_L6KqRI7iiRRAOeAT4h3-3TY2zqQ2karkCN7t9EeE8b26QRndaZp-691LytsV5-A-ZHhGCIOtY69cehmHlywo/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_051DSC_4734.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Venetian red?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Did you know that Gustave Eiffel originally painted this tower red?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Over the years, the tower has changed colors several times ranging from red-browns to mustard-browns and now to what some have called "milk chocolate" brown.  The official color is "bronze."  It is on its 19th painting, all by hand, which takes 60 tons of paint, 1500 paint brushes and an army of experienced acrobatic painters without a fear of heights!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The tower is actually painted three shades of the same color with the darkest at the bottom and the lightest hue at the top.  Twenty-five painters strip, clean, rust-proof, and apply paint to all 250,000 square meters of the tower taking about a year to accomplish.  The paint cannot be applied if it is too cold or if the tower is wet so the whole process from beginning to end may take 18 months.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Oh, and do not forget the 50 kilometers of security cords </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and 5 acres of protective netting!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(Although I am a bit of a risk-taker, </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I was not hanging from security cords for this shot)</em></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>La Tour Eiffel</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span><br />

La Tour Eiffel - le détail

Venetian red? Did you know that Gustave Eiffel originally painted this tower red? Over the years, the tower has changed colors several times...

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