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Observation tower

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: observation tower 		Controlled list
Authority
Classification Terms:
           architecture
           European art
Controlled list
Titles or Names Text: Eiffel Tower
    Preference: preferred
    Language: English
Text: Tour Eiffel
    Preference: alternate
    Language: French
Text: Three-Hundred-Metre Tower
    Preference: alternate
    Type: former 		Free text
Controlled list
Creation Creator Description: architect: Gustave Eiffel (French, 1832-1923) Free text
  Identity: Eiffel, Gustave
Role: architect 		Authority
Authority
  Creation Date: 1887-1889
Earliest: 1887 Latest: 1889 		Free text
Controlled format
Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements Indexing Term: Belle Époque Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 300 m (height) (984 feet) Free text
  Value: 300 Unit: m Type: height Controlled format and controlled list
Materials and Techniques Description: wrought iron, exposed iron construction Free text
  Material Names:  
         wrought iron  
         structural iron
Technique Name:  
         exposed construction 		Authority
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
         architecture
         industrial exposition
         observation 		Authority
Context Events-Event Identification: International Exposition of 1889 (Paris, France) Authority
Descriptive Note Text: Commission was awarded by competition; the competition sought a plan for a monument for the International Exposition of 1889, celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution. The tower is built almost entirely of open-lattice wrought iron. It was the entrance gateway to the exposition. Free text
  Citation: Encyclopedia Britannica online
Page: accessed 24 February 2006 		Authority
Free text
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Paris (France) Authority
Revised 28 August 2006