艾菲尔铁塔位于巴黎战神广场。这座塔是以建造它的工程师居斯塔夫·艾菲尔(1832—1923年)的名字命名的。它于1889年5月15日开放,距今已整整七十五年了。当初建造这座塔时有着双重目的:一是为了给1889年在法国举行的世界博览会增色,二是纪念法国大革命一百周年。当时,英国人和美国人都想承包这项工程,但都无结果,最后法国政府组织了一次招标,在应征的七百 Eiffel Tower located in Champ de Mars. The tower was named after Gustav Eiffel, the engineer who built it (1832-1923). It opened on May 15, 1889, a full seventy-five years ago. The original purpose of building the tower was twofold: first, to add color to the World Exposition to be held in France in 1889, and second to mark the centenary of the French Revolution. At that time, the British and Americans want to contract the project, but no results, and finally the French government organized a tender, seven hundred