Eiffel Tower resumes its work
After over three months of closing due to the Covid-19 pandemic restriction measures, Paris’s one of most famous landmarks – the Eiffel Tower – will resumes its work. “Strict hygiene and safety measures, including the mandatory wearing a face mask, are taken for the re-opening,” the statement at the site’s website says. The first visitors were allowed in from 10:00am local time. However, visitors may only go to the second level for now and only by the stairs, with the tower's elevator to the top level remaining shut until July 1. Moreover, the Eiffel Tower’s website message said ground markings would be put in place to ensure people keep their distance from one another, with “daily cleaning and disinfection of public spaces at the tower”. Earlier, museums in France were allowed to re-open from mid-June, as France began a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease. The Palace of Versailles has already started to receive visitors, while the Louvre in Paris will resume working in July. The Orsay Museum opened its doors to visitors on June 23. The famous Georges Pompidou center for art and culture in Paris will be open on July 1. The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower in the center of Paris, world-famous as its symbol. It is named after the chief designer Gustave Eiffel; himself Eifel called it simply – a 300-meter tower (tour de 300 mètres) Constructed in 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair, it was initially criticized for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid and most photographed monument in the world.
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