Eiffel Tower Editorial Photo

The tower is 324 metres 1,063 ft tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres 410 ft on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Due to the addition of a broadcasting aerial at the top of the tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres 17 ft. Excluding transmitters, the Eiffel Tower is the second tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct.