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UNCOVERED: 2 | History Defined

Gustave Eiffel: engineer, entrepreneur and innovator

Gustave Eiffel died 100 years ago at the age of 91. Best known as the engineer behind the Eiffel Tower, he was also an entrepreneur and patron of the sciences.

Radio France Internationale

The new films and shows out on Now this weekend – January 13

Sky’s subscription service has some great new content dropping in January

Manchester Evening News

Eiffel review – the French engineer’s story as corset-twanging romance

Rather than celebrating the towering achievements of the Paris landmark’s maker, this drama starring Romain Duris centres on a fictional love story

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From Nope to She-Hulk: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re jonesing for Jordan Peele’s next team-up with Daniel Kaluuya or Tatiana Maslany’s big green legal machine, our critics have you covered

The Guardian - UK

Eiffel review – celebrated tower builder gets cheekily tall backstory

Romain Duris brings authority to this fanciful version of history, which has Gustave Eiffel erecting the monument as a Taj Mahal for his lost love

The Guardian - UK

‘Rusty’ Eiffel Tower is ‘crumbling’ as Paris landmark in urgent need of repair

Calls to mend the Eiffel Tower have been repeatedly ignored and now, reports claim the famous Parisian landmark may 'crumble' if it is not urgently repaired

Daily Mirror

Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in urgent need of repair

Cracks plague the famous monument, according to reports

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Rusting Eiffel Tower in worrying state of repair, reports warn

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs but is getting only a cosmetic, if costly, paint job ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to several leaked reports cited by French media.

Radio France Internationale

Fears €60m repaint won’t save ‘rusting’ Eiffel Tower

The Paris structure was only intended to stand 20 years and now faces an uncertain future

Evening Standard

Eiffel Tower riddled with rust and in need of total repair, says leaked report

The tower is about to get a new coat of paint, but just 5% of the structure will be covered

Wales Online

Rusting Eiffel Tower in Need of Full Repairs, Reports Say

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne. The wrought-iron 324-meter (1,063 ft) high tower, built by Gustave…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rusting Eiffel Tower in need of full repairs, reports say

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne.

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