南外综合知识点---景点介绍（二）

埃菲尔铁塔 艾菲尔铁塔（法语：La Tour Eiffel）是一座于1889年建成位于法国巴黎战神广场上的镂空结构铁塔，高300米，天线高24米，总高324米。艾菲尔铁塔得名于设计它的桥梁工程师居斯塔夫•艾菲尔。埃菲尔铁塔是巴黎的标志之一，被法国人爱称为“铁娘子”。它和纽约的帝国大厦、东京的电视塔同被誉为西方三大著名建筑。埃菲尔铁塔占地一公顷，耸立在巴黎市区赛纳河畔的战神广场上。除了四个脚是用钢筋水泥之外，全身都用钢铁构成，塔身总重量7000吨。塔分三层，除了第三层平台没有缝隙外，其他部分全是透空的。从塔座到塔顶共有1711级阶梯，现已安装电梯，故十分方便。每一层都设有酒吧和饭馆，供游客在此小憩：每逢晴空万里，这里可以看到远达70公里之内的景色。 巴黎铁塔有如巴黎圣母院，罗浮宫，凯旋门，香舍利大街一样是巴黎的地标性建筑。巴黎圣母院是古代巴黎的象征，埃菲尔铁塔（Eiffel Tower ）就是现代巴黎的标志。

Eiffel Tower, wrought-iron tower in Paris, a landmark and an early example of wrought-iron construction on a gigantic scale. It was designed and built by the French civil engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel for the Paris World's Fair of 1889. The tower, without its modern broadcasting antennas, is 300 m (984 ft) high. The lower section consists of four immense arched legs set on masonry piers. The legs curve inward until they unite in a single tapered tower. Platforms, each with an observation deck, are at three levels; on the first is also a restaurant. The tower, constructed of about 6300 metric tons (about 7000 tons) of iron, has stairs and elevators. A meteorological station, a radio communications station, and a television transmission antenna, as well as a suite of rooms that were used by Eiffel, are located near the top of the tower.

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