La Tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel was at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the date that marked the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, that a great competition was launched in the Journal Officiel. The wager was to "study the possibility of erecting an iron tower on the Champ-de-Mars with a square base, 125 metres across and 300 metres tall". Selected from among 107 projects, it was that of Gustave Eiffel, an entrepreneur, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, both engineers, and Stephen Sauvestre, an architect, that was accepted. 
The first digging work started on the 28th January 1887. On the 31st March 1889, the Tower had been finished in record time – 2 years, 2 months and 5 days – and was established as a veritable 
technical feat. 
                                                               

• the stairs--les escaliers
• the elevators--les élévateurs
• the tourists--les touristes
• the grass--l'herbe
• the lights--les lumières

                                                               

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le bœuf bourguignon

                                                               
tarte tatin

                                                               
I hear tourists talking.--J'entends parler des touristes.

                                                               
I climbed the stairs.--Je suis monté les escaliers.