Classic Take on the Tower from Champ de Mars.

Standing at the base on Champ de Mars, the tower still delivers that same jaw-drop it has for over a century - Gustave Eiffel’s 'Iron Lady' looking almost impossibly tall against an endless blue sky, just as it did for the first crowds in 1889.

“You don’t look for the Tower — you simply notice when she finds you.”

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Part of the “Take on the Tower” Series

Each Tuesday, we turn our gaze toward the  Eiffel Tower  — seen not as a monument, but as a quiet companion to everyday Paris.

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