Saturday, October 17, 2015

T h e E i f f e l T o w e r



Saturday, 17 October 2015

15:15:15





1.Worker painting the eiffel tower without a safety harness




The Eiffel Tower  Paris France





 2.Soldiers of the 4th U.S. Infantry Division look at the Eiffel Tower in Paris



Origin





 3.1889 journal


It was at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the date that marked the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, that a great competition was launched in the Journal Officiel.





4. Architectural paper model of the Eiffel Tower


The wager was to "study the possibility of erecting an iron tower on the Champ-de-Mars with a square base, 125 metres across and 300 metres tall". Selected from among 107 projects, it was that of Gustave Eiffel, an entrepreneur, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, both engineers, and Stephen Sauvestre, an architect, that was accepted.


A Few Figures


    18,038 metallic parts
    5,300 workshop designs
    50 engineers and designers
    150 workers in the Levallois-Perret factory
    Between 150 and 300 workers on the construction site
    2,500,000 rivets
    7,300 tonnes of iron
    60 tonnes of paint
    2 years, 2 months and 5 days of construction
5 lifts.
    


Turning the Eiffel Tower Into a Giant Musical Instrument
| The New York Times

 



The New York Times

Published on Jun 5, 2013
Using drumsticks and mallets, composer Joseph Bertolozzi is turning Paris' Eiffel Tower in to a giant percussive instrument.
Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/13FDzQP

5. Joseph Bertolozzi



Published on 25 Jul 2014
 
6. Joseph Bertolozzi
 

Farmers and sheep protest at Eiffel Tower

Friday 28 Nov 2014 8:13 p.m.
More:


 
 7. Farmers & sheep protest at Eiffel Tower




New Zealand is to build a giant Rugby Ball Venue in front of the Eiffel Tower.

  


8. Giant Rugby Ball



Ende





Nota Bene:

Question 1.?

Sommes-nous en regardant le match dimanche matin à la mine ?

Date:

Sunday 18 Oct 2015

Time :

04:00 Cardiff

Jeu O N/ Game O N

2015 Rugby World Cup

Qui /Who

All Blacks v France

Où /Where

Cardiff

Quand /When

08:00 AM NZ

Q 2?

Qui était Gustave ?

Who was Gustave?



Source/s of images:

1.    Worker painting the eiffel tower without a safety harness

2.    Soldiers of the 4th U.S. Infantry Division look at the Eiffel Tower in Paris

3. 1889 journal

4. Architectural paper model of the Eiffel Tower

5. Joseph Bertolozzi

6. Joseph Bertolozzi

7.Farmers & sheep protest at Eiffel Tower

8. Giant Rugby Ball
 





Merci de joindre à nous aujourd'hui.

Thank you for joining us today.
 

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French farmers bring their sheep in protest to the Eiffel Tower 2014