Eiffel Tower (Paris)

A Week on a Riverboat in Paris

For a week, the novelist Joyce Maynard said good night to Paris from the deck of a péniche, within full view of the Eiffel Tower. Who cared if it rained the whole time?

By Joyce Maynard

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Eiffel Tower Closed by Strike for 4th Day

Unions accuse the company that manages the monument of pursuing financial policies that risk its well-being and worry that a fee paid to the city of Paris could cut into the repair budget.

By Aurelien Breeden

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Eiffel Tower Closes for Labor Action on Creator’s Anniversary

Tourists could not ascend the tower on Wednesday, the 100th anniversary of the death of Gustave Eiffel, the civil engineer after whom it was named.

By Victor Mather

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Two American Tourists Caught Sleeping in the Eiffel Tower

The two men posed no threat and were handed over to the police, officials said.

By Jenny Gross