The Eiffel Tower — aka la Tour Eiffel — has long been one of the world's most recognizable landmarks, symbolizing the romance ...

There’s a penthouse apartment at the top. Gustave Eiffel reserved the uppermost level of the tower for himself, where he hosted famous guests like Thomas Edison in a private apartment.

French President Emmanuel Macron paid homage to the engineer in a post on X, formerly Twitter: "100 years since Gustave Eiffel left us ... However, he was best known for the tower, which was ...