Gustave Eiffel

The Eiffel Tower is the most popular landmark in Paris and arguably the most well-known monument in all of France.

Gustave Eiffel, a French engineer with a specialty in metal fabrication, was in charge of building the tower for the Universal Exposition in 1889. The aesthetic elite of his day criticized Eiffel for the tower's "barbaric mass" black structure and construction's viability while it towered over the picturesque city of Paris.

Despite the controversy surrounding its construction, the Eiffel tower has emerged as a recognizable building in Paris. Gustave's amazing career was made possible in part by his contributions to the Statue of Liberty's structural design as well as a number of other brilliant structures around the world, such as bridges, skyscrapers, and railroads. Complete construction of the Statue of Liberty took place in Paris, after which it was disassembled and transported to America. The Eiffel Tower, which came to represent Paris, is his final and longest-lasting legacies.

Birth - Death: 1832 - 1922