Thus goes the song, popularized by Bing Crosby, about what is universally known as “The City of Lights” and “The City of Love ...

TRAVEL TRENDS, PARIS Created : Feb 28 ... s masterpiece was initially built as a temporary structure for the 1889 World's Fair. After it was built, many Parisians hated it, calling it an eyesore ...

Osaka should reconsider its plan to dismantle all pavilions at the upcoming Expo 2025 given the enduring legacy of its first ...

Nicola Wood, Senior Editor Designed and constructed for the 1889 Exposition Universelle (the World's Fair), the Eiffel Tower was always meant to be a temporary structure, but it has skirted ...

The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor shares something in common with other marvels of the world that are, were and never ...

Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, ...

Though the Eiffel Tower bears his name, Gustave Eiffel was not initially enthusiastic about the structure nor did he design ...

No building better symbolises Paris than the Tour Eiffel ... The radical cast-iron tower was built for the 1889 World Fair and the centenary of the 1789 Revolution by engineer Gustave Eiffel.