eiffel tower dazzles with ultramodern glass floor
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Eiffel Tower dazzles with ultra-modern glass floor

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Visitors take photos as they lie down on new glass floor at Eiffel Tower in Paris
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Visitors at the Eiffel Tower were left giddy Monday as the mayor unveiled a new glass floor on Paris's best-known landmark, offering millions of tourists another perspective on the world's most-visited city.
Anne Hidalgo cut the ribbon on the renovated first floor of the hugely popular monument, officially inaugurating the new attraction although tourists have been enjoying the view since last month.
From a vertiginous height of 57 metres (187 feet), visitors look down through a solid glass panel, offering a dizzying sensation of walking on air.
The new floor aims to turn the formerly dowdy and draughty space into as big an attraction as the viewing platform near the top of the 325-metre tower.
"The glass is a little bit frightening, even though I know that it's strong," said 40-year-old Jerzy Wagner, from Warsaw, who was visiting Paris with his wife and two young children.
"I like the very top better, because you can see the view, but today it's very windy up there ... and (on) the first floor you feel safe, unlike the top floors," he added.
American tourist Andrew Kendall, 25, said the first floor gave visitors "a different perspective."
"The glass floors were cool."
Previously the first floor was the least visited part of the tower, but its operators hope tourists will now linger on their way down for more breathtaking views of Paris.
The 30-million-euro ($37.5-million) refit, which took two years, includes a display relating the life of the 125-year-old tower on seven screens, as well as a conference room.
The city of Paris, which holds a majority stake in the monument, charged architects Moatti-Riviere with creating a space that would show off Gustave Eiffel's impressive original ironwork and make it fully accessible for disabled visitors.
The renovation provided a chance to install wind turbines and solar panels to generate part of the tower's energy, and the toilets will operate partly with rainwater.
"The first floor now offers an enhanced experience of the tower and of Paris," said architect Alain Moatti. "It is a sensory and fun experience."
- Paris a 'living museum' -
"We wanted to set an example," said Jean-Bernard Bros, the president of SETE, the operator of the tower, which had a turnover of 73 million euros in 2013.
The "Iron Lady" attracts around seven million visitors a year, of which 87.5 percent are foreign tourists. Some 12.5 percent come from France, followed by Americans (8.5 percent), Britons (7.1 percent), Italians (6.7 percent) and Germans (5.7 percent).
The renovation of the first floor may now be complete but work on the enormous structure built for the World's Fair of 1889 never ends.
The tower has to be repainted every seven years, a job that requires 60 tonnes of paint.
"I hear that Paris has lost its attractiveness. It's not true. We are an attractive city and capable of innovation without damaging our history," said Hidalgo.
"Far from being a museum city," Paris is a "living museum that is in a constant state of regeneration," added the mayor.
Source: AFP

 

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