There's no landmark as iconic as the Eiffel Tower. It's a symbol of Paris, of France, and even Europe as a whole. That being ...

Parisians celebrated as the Seine reopened for swimming after 100 years, following a massive cleanup project that restored ...

A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal ...

For the first time since 1923, the Seine is open for public swimming at three designated sites in Paris through Aug. 31, ...

The heat wave that has blanketed much of Europe is expected to linger over the continent this week, driving up temperatures ...

A thrill seeker was arrested Thursday after he parachuted from the Eiffel Tower – the latest in a series of shenanigans to plague the iconic landmark. The man was taken into custody when he ...

Police arrested a man climbing Thursday on the Eiffel Tower, leading to visitors being temporarily stranded at the summit — including a reporter for The Associated Press and a Washington, D.C ...

Almost seven million people visit the Eiffel Tower annually. About 300 million visitors have been to the tower since its opening. Designer Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment cloistered away in ...

First opened in 1889, the Eiffel Tower is visited by about 7 million people each year. The tower was built in just over two years, a "veritable technical feat," says its website.

The Eiffel Tower was originally designed as the centrepiece of the 1889 Paris Exhibition. Since then, it has become a tourist attraction that's drawn more than 330 million visitors, according to ...

The Eiffel Tower’s iron-clad frame turned slightly greener last week, with the installation of two new wind turbines along its lower deck. Perched some 400 feet above the ground, ...

The tower was intended as a symbol of promise. Eiffel’s behemoth — then the tallest man-made structure in the world — was erected as the centerpiece of the sprawling 1889 Paris Universal ...