6 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT EIFFEL TOWER

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The Eiffel Tower is the most iconic monuments in the world. The tower that was built in 1889 and its is always adorned every seven years. No wonder if the Eiffel always been one of the tourist destinations of the world.Not only beautiful, Apperently  it also has terrible keeps a history which is there are some cases of suicide ever happend there.Before you travel to Paris, France, here are some interesting facts about this tower:

1. Built for two years The Eiffel Tower was designed by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel in order  to celebrate the 100 th anniversary of the French revolution at that time. It took two years, two months and five days to build it perfectly, both in terms of technical and architectural.
2. Seven million visitors per year Since it opened to the public in 1889, nearly 250 million visitors came to see the Eiffel. An average of nearly seven million visitors per year, of which 75 percent  are foreigners.

3. Decorated 20,000 lights
The Eiffel Tower has 20,000 light bulbs. Each side decorated 5,000 lights. Unfortunately, you are not allowed to take pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night, because it is considered copyright infringement and can be fined.

4. Dangerous  attraction Location
For decades, few people ever staged crazy at the Eiffel Tower, with a parachute for doing bungee jumping. In 1912, tailor Franz Reichelt France trying to fly on the first floor with a parachute, but then failed and fell. Fourteen years later, Leon Collot aviator trying to fly a plane under the tower, but was killed by a fall.

5. Location of espionage
French military never used wireless stations to prevent the enemy messages from Berlin during World War I. In 1917, the radio station at the top of the tower can prevent code messages between Germany and Spain, which is about "Operative H-21" otherwise known as the Dutch-born exotic dancer, Geertruida Margaretha Zelle MacLeod, whose stage name is Mata Hari, a German spy. Based on this message, the French were able to catch, convict and execute Mata Hari for spying.

6. There was some suicides
It is said that there were 349 suicides that occur in the Eiffel Tower since the tower was erected. According to Societe de la Tour Eiffel, some people hanged himself in the tower, while others do it by jumping.



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