Two of his senior engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, drafted the first version in 1884. At first, Eiffel wasn’t impressed by their sketches—he thought they looked too plain. But once ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French teachers are using the cartoon image of a weeping Eiffel Tower to help young children understand what happened in last Friday's attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 ...

PARIS — There are few sights more iconic than the Eiffel Tower and the Olympic rings. But not everyone agrees they belong together — least of all the family of the man who designed the landmark, which ...