The Eiffel Tower is 330 metres tall at its highest point, including its antennas.
The tower was completed in Paris in 1889 for the Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution. Engineer Gustave Eiffel’s company designed and built the iron landmark, which was intended to be temporary but became a permanent symbol of France.
Its height has changed as antennas have been added or replaced. The tower originally stood at about 300 metres, and later radio and television equipment increased its overall height. This is why older sources may give a lower figure.
The Eiffel Tower was the world’s tallest man-made structure when it opened, surpassing the Washington Monument. It held that distinction until New York’s Chrysler Building exceeded it in 1930. The tower’s four-legged iron structure contains more than 18,000 metallic parts and is repainted periodically to protect it from corrosion.