Happy Birthday, Eiffel Tower

Today marks the 126th anniversary of the opening of the Eiffel Tower. What better way to note the occasion than to post one of my first images of it?

Eiffel Tower at Night (May 13, 2006)

The tower was the main exhibit at the 1889 Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair), held to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution. The arched bridge in the foreground is the Passarelle Debilly, a footbridge constructed for the same Exposition. Both were intended to be temporary structures, but fortunately both escaped that fate. The bridge, however, was moved from its original location not far away to where it stands today.

To see a few more pictures of Paris check my website here.

16 thoughts on “Happy Birthday, Eiffel Tower”

Now this is two glorious posts about Paris that I’ve run into today, Robin. Are the travel Gods trying to tell me something? Not that I need any nudging. I keep hinting about maybe making this a 35th wedding anniversary trip, which comes at summer’s end 😉 Wonderful, marvelous, stunning image of La Tour Eiffel!

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Robin S. Kent on March 31, 2015 at 2:40 pm said:

Sounds like a great idea, that’s what we did last year (different anniversary though). Time to stop hinting and start planning;-)

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- Stacy P. Fischer on March 31, 2015 at 2:55 pm said:
  
  I’ll be sure to share your comment , Robin 👍
  
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Perfect!
Greetings,
Ulli

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Robin S. Kent on March 31, 2015 at 2:41 pm said:

Thanks very much Ulli. Good to hear from you.

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Seems we were on the same track, today. Did you know that you need a permission to publish night images of the Eiffel tower in France and few other countries, because the lightning display is under the copyright protection?

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Robin S. Kent on March 31, 2015 at 4:35 pm said:

I do now. Thanks, Hopefully, I won’t be receiving a cease and desist letter from the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel. I’m in good company, however, since there are about 24 million images of the tower at night on the web. A discussion of the subject by a photographer/patent attorney can be found at this link: http://artlawjournal.com/night-photos-eiffel-tower-violate-copyright/

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Robin, the Paris collection on your site is breathtaking!

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Robin S. Kent on April 1, 2015 at 11:40 am said:

Thanks very much, Alexander. I appreciate your taking the time to check it out. It is one of our favorite cities.

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