What is the tallest building in Paris?

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The tower received 5,889,000 visitors in 2022, up by 197 percent from 2021, when numbers dropped due to the COVID virus. The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument with an entrance fee in the world: 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. It was designated a monument historique in 1964, and was named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ("Paris, Banks of the Seine") in 1991.

The tower is 330 metres (1,083 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris.

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Ken Putnam

The Eiffel tower is not a building As structure, yes

rkcorrigan

Tricky question depending upon how you define building and structure. Several sites refer to the Eiffel tower as a structure while several others refer to it as a building. Since there is some ambiguity in this question, I would recommend deleting the Eiffel Tower as a choice and substituting another building so it is clear that a "building" is what we are looking for.

Michael Briggs

Technically it is a structure, not a building

Mary Clinton

We were on our Honeymoon and toured London and Paris and DeGaulle was President! It was a fascinating country but the people were not friendly at all but London citizens were very friendly ! I heard the President hated Americans!

stormejohn

Chuck Topping, The twin towers were buildings.

stormejohn

The Eiffel tower has 2 apartments near the top that Gustave originally used to entertain guests.These apartments are maintained to this day. That would qualify it as a building would it not?

Norma Cullerton

According to Google The Montparnasse Tower is the tallest building in Paris. And has been since 1973.

Jaimi McEntire

Ken Putnam, You mean, it wasn't built? How did it get there, then?

klmilles

brian l asks and Buddy Bud answers.

Jerry W Douglas

With the vast majority of comments I am surprised how many were correct in their response. I was thinking of using a double chance and did not, should have. I am one of the few who was incorrect. Picked Tour 1.

Special Patrol Group

The Eiffel tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower and the tallest structure in Paris. This is taken from the explanation and reference. There is no mention that it is the tallest building. A building is a structure with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory.

William Laughlin

jhoehl, The majority aren't always right. After all, Americans voted for Drumpf in 2016 because they thought he was "a good businessman" and look what a disaster that turned out to be!