Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Hommage



I have been fascinated with the details of la Tour since my very first trip to Paris.  Gustave Eiffel paid hommage to 72 scientists by including their names in the original design.  Sadly they were painted over at one time, but were restored in an 1986 repainting. To see the entire list of names, click HERE.

6 comments:

Joe said...

It sure was an amazing accomplishment in design and construction resulting in icon recognisable the world over.

William Kendall said...

That's a detail I wouldn't have known about. Good closeup of the tower.

Alexa said...

Good for you, V—I think most people don't notice details like this.

Lois said...

I didn't notice this detail myself when I was visiting the tower until someone else pointed it out to me. It is such an amazing place.

Jack said...

This is a really pretty detail, Virginia.

weekend et coup de brosse said...

Jolie photo !