Iluminated Eiffel

The Eiffel Tower lights up every evening from sunset to 1am (2am during the three months of summer), coupled with the lighthouse on the Tower top that sends out its light beams during the same hours.

As for the glimmering lights, this ten minute show is added during the first ten minutes of each hour on the hour.

The golden night lighting has adorned the Tower since December 31, 1985. It is composed of 335 spotlights placed so as to highlight the structure of the monument.

The beacon and the glittering lights arrived in celebration of the new millennium, December 31, 1999. The beacon’s two beams of light can travel up to 80 kilometers; it is composed of four automatically-operated spotlights. As for the glimmering lights, 20,000 light bulbs are necessary; that is to say, 5,000 per façade.

Link: http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/pratique/a_voir/page/phare.html

The official site of the Eiffel Tower: http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/

Where you can find out things you never knew about the Tour de Eiffel--like the names of all the 72 scientists actually listed on the borders of the four facades of Gustave Eiffel's Tower...

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Personal Note: one of my top fav places, in the park just sitting on a bench looking at it! now I find out one of my top fav friends will be moving like right next door & I cannot wait to go visit! Mon Dieu!!!