THE TOWER EIFFEL VISITORS:
In 1994, the Tower would have welcomed in hundred years more than 150 millions of visitors.
Kings, simple tourists, international personalities or ephemeral strollers, all these “citizens of the Eiffel Tower” have participated in the architectural and psychological destiny of one of the most capital astonishing florets. as the pyramids, of the ancient temples or the old pagodas of the world extremity, the Tower titillates the imagination, creats dreams and stirs curiosity
The tower receives:
1889: Their Royal Highness Wales’s prince and princess are the first crowned heads to make the monument ascension. They are followed by a lot of other: Oscar II of Sweden, Georges 1st of Greece, Leopold II of Belgium, the royal family of Japan, the Tzarevitch, the shah of Persia, the Portugal king and the Egyptian princes... The year of its opening, the Tower Eiffel is a worldly attraction. Thomas Edison offers his phonograph to Eiffel. Sarah Bernhardt makes a strong noticed passage.
1900: The Austria archduke Charles Ferdinand is delighted for the elevators speed and the marvellous terrace of the 2nd floor...
1921: The Japan future emperor goes for a walk on the Eiffel Tower during his first visit to Europe. He is 20 years old.
1939: An official reception dinner for the monument’s fiftieth birthday unites the duke of Windsor , of Spain and Poland ambassadors.