The thread of history told by Ariane & Nino. The Eiffel tower : an iron giant

To impress the world at the 1889 World's fair, the company of engineer Gustave Eiffel proposed a crazy project : to build a 300-meter tower that would be the highest ever built in history. Admired as much as contested at the time of its birth, it has become an essential symbol of Paris and France.