Eiffel Tower Model

Eiffel tower model builder Alexandr Pashkevich used over 7,000 matches to build this beautiful 1 meter high structure.

The Eiffel tower model is well lit with a number of working LED lights.

The Eiffel tower model is an incredible replication of the real Eiffel tower built in France and named after it’s designer Gustave Eiffel and is still to this day the tallest building in Paris. It is over 1,000ft high which is equivalent to an 81 floor building. When it was built in 1889 it was the tallest building in the world.

Amazingly the tower can sway up to 7cm because of the wind and can actually move 18cms because of heat expansion caused by the sun.

It weighs over 17,000 tonnes in total and every 7 years they add another 50 to 60 tonnes of paint to make it look nice and protect it from rusting.

Originally the building was only given a permit to stand for 20 years, but because the tower offered great communication opportunities during the war it came to be seen as a major part of the war success effort and the people fell in love with it.

Thank you to pjlighthouse for the original story and photos.

The Eiffel tower model is a wonderful example of the admiration that has been given to the tower and recently in 2002 it celebrated it’s 200,000,000 visitor. The beauty of the tower has dramatically been captured by this very unique Eiffel Tower Model

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