Alsace Tourism
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Image copyright claims – Eiffel Tower
The tower and its representations have lengthy been in the public domain; nevertheless, a French court ruled, in March 1992, that the night-time light display is protected under copyright, except in ...
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Image copyright claims – Eiffel Tower
The tower and its representations have lengthy been within the public domain; nonetheless, a French court ruled, in March 1992, that the night-time light display is protected beneath copyright, ...
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THE HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE – A very unusual castle
No introduction is really needed for that Haut-Koenigsbourg, which is one of France's most widely visited monuments attracting 600,000 visitors per year. The castle occupied a strategic position when ...
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Attempted Relocation – Eiffel Tower
According to interviews given in the early 1980s Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau negotiated a secret agreement with French President Charles de Gaulle for the tower to be dismantled and temporarily ...
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Restaurants – Eiffel Tower
The tower has two restaurants: Altitude 95, on the first floor 311 ft (95 m) above sea level; and the Jules Verne, an expensive gastronomical restaurant on the second floor, with a private lift. This ...
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2nd for the 3rd degree – Eiffel Tower
The unique elevators from the further to the 3rd floor happen to be also of the water-powered hydraulic style supplied by Leon Edoux. Rather than employing a separate counterbalance, the two elevator ...
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Ground to the second level – Eiffel Tower
The original elevators to the first and second floors have been provided by two companies. Both companies had to overcome many technical obstacles as neither company (or indeed any company) had ...
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Aesthetic considerations – Eiffel Tower
To be able to sustain a uniform appearance to an observer on the soil, three separate colours of paint are employed about the tower, together with the darkest about the bottom as well as the ...
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Style and design in the tower
The metallic construction of your Eiffel Tower weighs seven,300 tonnes whilst the complete framework, which includes non-metal components, is approximately 10,000 tonnes. As a demonstration in the ...
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Wind considerations – Eiffel Tower
[caption id="attachment_5215" align="alignleft" width="255" caption="Eiffel Tower "][/caption]At the time the tower was built many people were shocked by its daring shape. Eiffel was criticised for ...
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After crossing the Vosges, the “French” discovered Alsace
After crossing the Vosges, the "French" discovered Alsace, the scent of brioche and wood, a planet apart, leaving a Christmas story. Under the trees of the villages carved, vineyards, Gothic gables, ...
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Place de la Liberté is the center of the Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
[caption id="attachment_4690" align="alignleft" width="370" caption="Place de la Liberté"][/caption] This small square is the center of the village. Here is the porch under the tower of the ...