At the top of the Eiffel Tower, there is a secret apartment Bashny.Net

This place is not just visited various znamenitosti



Eiffel Tower, designed by Gustave Eiffel - one of the most famous monuments in the world, it was opened in 1899. The height of the tower - 324 meters, so that up to 1930 it was the tallest building in the world, was not completed until the Chrysler Building. They built the tower as a complex arch to the World Exhibition in Paris in 1899, the year. After numerous attempts to demolish it or sell it, but nonetheless, the Eiffel Tower still serves as the main attraction of the city.



On the upper floors of the tower is a large apartment, built specifically for Gustave Eiffel - the creator of the tower. The apartment is furnished simply and has everything in it that was considered necessary for a normal apartment the XIX-th century, including carpets, wallpaper, cabinets and a small bedroom. Despite this, the apartment became the envy of most Parisians. Moreover, they say that the Eiffel allegedly repeatedly offered a large sum for one night in his apartment, but his affection for his unusual dwelling was so great that he rejected all the offers.

In addition to the apartment there is a piano. This is where the Eiffel held many meetings, when he was in Paris, and his guests were often high-ranking officials and people in the age, but despite that, the meeting is often delayed until the morning. September 10, 1899, the year the guest of Eiffel became Thomas Edison. They Eiffel spent in the apartment about ten o'clock: smoked cigars, drank cognac and discussed the latest invention of Edison - the phonograph.

via factroom.ru