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Eiffel Tower. Also known as the symbol of love and beauty. So, how come a pile of metal that weighs a couple tons, a giant street lamp, a 127 year-old factory chimney became a symbol of romance? How has it attracted more than 250 million people to itself like a magnet?
Today, Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance fee. And I didn't use all those adjectives to this monument, which is now considered as a wonder of art and design, to belittle it. When it was first built, Paris' art and literary circle defined it exactly like that. Moreover, these artists, who were against the Eiffel Tower, merely waged war against this tower, which was at the time 300 meters tall, by organizing 300 people for each meter of the tower.
"Us writers, painters, sculptors, architects and passionate people who are dedicated to the yet untouched beauty of Paris, are all opposed this useless and terrible Eiffel Tower."
They have published declarations similar to this. So, sometimes people, by nature, can oppose to new ideas. In such situations, it is important how much you believe in your own project and how wide a vision you have. Well, do you know how Gustave Eiffel, who built the tower regardless of the resistance, defended his tower? By comparing it with the pyramids. "Why would this far more magnificent work of art be terrific while the pyramids in Egypt are regarded as artifacts that everybody admires?" he said. He described his work as "magnificent" because in 1889, the year in which it was built, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world and it remained as such for 41 years.
The Eiffel Tower was, in fact, a temporary structure. It was designed for the World's Fair in Paris, held on the 100th anniversary of the French revolution. Contrary to popular belief, Gustave Eiffel didn't designed it on his own. He had it made. It was the product of a team work. The architecture and design firm he owned became famous for making iconic buildings or constructions for major cities of the world in those years. For example, we see Eiffel's firm's work on the Statue of Liberty in New York and even on the old customs building, also known as Konak Pier, in Izmir.
The design of the Eiffel Tower is not actually authentic. The design had many inspirations, especially pyramids. But one of them is even more prominent: the Latting Observatory in New York built in 1853. Only 3 years after it was built, it burned down. Yet the inspiration it left behind, turned into Eiffel Tower.
As you see, there is no limit to this thing called inspiration. It can act independently of countries and civilizations. It stands as a common heritage of mankind. If one wishes to, one can grab it.
Of course, inspiration alone is not enough to get things done. Yes, the Eiffel Tower's starting point is another tower, but its design wasn't exactly copied. The work, which was done to reach the greater good, has been revised many times. And finally, the final version was sent to the competition. By the way, did I mention the competition? It was a very popular competition. A total of 700 different designs competed in order for the world's fair to make a tremendous impact.
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8 июл 2016
