What rough fate has the Eiffel Tower experienced?

1889 In May, the International Expo opened, and the Eiffel Tower became the most attractive place. Eiffel personally raised a French flag to the sky. Eiffel ensured the construction of the tower with excellent design and skills, and his unrepentant courage enabled the tower to be successfully completed, making Parisians proud of the tower. In memory of this engineer hero, this tower is named after him, and there is a bronze bust of Eiffel under the tower.

After the completion of the tower, Eiffel invited Cournot, a famous musician who had opposed the construction of the tower, to sit in the salon at the top of the tower and enjoy the wonders of the sky. Seeing the beautiful scenery, Cournot was ecstatic, abandoned prejudice in the face of reality and improvised Concerto in the Cloud based on a poem by Miao Sai. Nevertheless, the completion of the tower still caused opposition movements. Those literate French scholars hate this trendy and avant-garde building, and many writers have signed petitions to jointly oppose this "dragon". They dismissed it as "vulgar and disgusting shadow, a mess", and thought it had a bad influence on the city appearance of Paris and was an insult to the great buildings in Paris. Mo Bosang, a writer, frequents a restaurant on the terrace, just because it is the only place in Paris where you can't see the tower. When the poet Paul Vilaine saw it for the first time, he told the coachman to turn around immediately, so as not to look at this "ugly and annoying thing" again, which would affect his good mood and inspiration for poetry creation.

When the tower was first built, people's surprise, doubt and even anger at the tower can be found on the basis of cultural awareness. People don't want to see changes, especially things that change their usual psychological balance and bring shocks. The solemnity, grandeur, solemnity and grandeur of traditional style steles have condensed into subconscious standards, which is the so-called traditional posture, and sometimes it is irrational. This mentality almost brought bad luck to the Eiffel Tower. At the beginning of the First World War, the call for dismantling the tower in the society subsided a little, but it was not completely over. In the 1920s, the French government was still considering demolishing the tower and preparing to use its 654.38+100000 tons of iron to build factories in those war-damaged areas. Fortunately, due to the tense battlefield situation, this move was finally abandoned. Because according to the original construction contract, the Eiffel Tower will be demolished 20 years after its completion. After World War II, a true anecdote happened around this tower. A non-staple food supplier actually sold 7,000 tons of iron in the iron tower to a scrap buyer and got an advance payment of 500,000 francs. The occurrence of this absurd event shows from one side that the tower did not occupy much weight in people's minds at that time.

Clear the clouds and see the sun ―― Eliminate misunderstandings

With the passage of time, the prejudice in people's hearts began to disappear, and the fate of the "shepherdess in the clouds" also changed for the better. 1964, the iron tower was finally protected by law and listed as a historical monument that cannot be demolished. This monument was finally regarded as a symbol of Paris. In the 1980s, in order to strengthen the stability of the tower, people began to repair it, and the tower was temporarily closed, accepting the biggest reconstruction since it came out. In the reconstruction project, firstly, the concrete platform on the second floor of the tower was replaced by steel plates, reducing the total weight of the tower 1000 tons at one time, and then the luxury hotel on the second floor was moved to the third floor, where a public pub was reopened. In addition, in order to protect the tower, it needs to be repainted every few years, and it costs 52 tons of paint each time.

On the occasion of celebrating the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution and the 0/00th anniversary of the Tower/KLOC-0, people adjusted the use, lighting and tour guide of the Tower and added service facilities. The photo of the Eiffel statue was placed on the second platform and leaned against a steel beam to build the Eiffel reception hall, which can organize academic meetings, lectures and receptions. In the newly-built audio-visual museum, people can enjoy movies and TV programs about the history and architectural features of the iron tower. Different from before, if people want to go to the third floor to see the city landscape, they don't have to take the elevators layer by layer. Four elevators that automatically get up and down at the same time can take tourists directly to the top of the tower. Since 1950s, the Eiffel Tower has become the center of French radio and television, and it is one of the tallest antenna towers in the world. In addition, the Eiffel Tower radio station was established after reconstruction. At present, the Eiffel Tower welcomes about 3 million visitors every year. It is not only a monument that attracts people to visit, but also a symbol of Paris and France.