In a perfect New Year greeting, the Taj Mahal and Statue of Liberty
warmly greeted the Eiffel Tower as the 126-year-old monument joined the
micro-blogging site Twitter for the first time this week.“Welcome to Twitter, my sister,” tweeted Statue of Liberty on its handle @LaTourEiffel, later joined by the Taj Mahal -- indisputably the most famous example of Mughal architecture and a Unesco heritage site
Note
Eiffel Tower attracts more than seven million visitors from across the globe annually.
It has nearly 1.7 million fans on its Facebook account
Constructed in 1889, Eiffel Tower has become a global cultural icon
of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world.
The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world.
It is 1,063 feet tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building.
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 built in 1930.
The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second
@LaTourEiffel Bienvenue à Twitter ma sœur!
— Statue of Liberty NM (@StatueEllisNPS) December 21, 2015
Thanks a lot @TajMahal ! https://t.co/kuZWN6nJDQ — La tour Eiffel (@LaTourEiffel) December 21, 2015
“Parisian since 1889, now I am sparkling on Twitter!” said one of the
first tweets on the official account of the 1,063 ft-high tower
nicknamed La Grande Dame by its creator Gustave EiffelNote
Eiffel Tower attracts more than seven million visitors from across the globe annually.
The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world.
It is 1,063 feet tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building.
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 built in 1930.
The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second
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