During the summer an exhibition will open in the atrium of the monument and in the fall, the “Iron Lady” will host a show that will combine electronic music and digital art.
The French Post Office will also issue a commemorative stamp from March 27.
“To build a 300 m high tower in the heart of Paris at the end of the 19th centurythe largest tower in the world at that time, It is an incredible challenge, on the order of science fiction.“, explained Jean-François Martins, president of the public company that manages the tower.
“To commemorate the centenary of its disappearance is to celebrate that spirit of scientific conquest, human genius,” he added.
For their part, the descendants of the engineer, author of other important works in France and in many countries, announced that they have requested the entry of the remains of Gustave Eiffel into the Pantheon of illustrious French personalities in Paris.
“Gustave Eiffel embodied industrial France, and he was a leader with socially advanced ideas,” said his great-great-granddaughter, Myriam Larnaudie-Eiffel.
Eiffel designed bridges in China, Vietnam or Bolivia, churches in Peru or Chile, the port of the Portuguese city of Porto, the Budapest railway station or the framework of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
The Eiffel Tower welcomed 6.2 million visitors in 2022 and generated €100 million in revenue (about 105 million dollars).