The artists who protested it, the woman who married it, the man who really designed it and more How well do you know the ...

Ah, Paris! The city that has been described as the "City of Love" time and time again houses one of the most famous monuments, the Eiffel Tower. And there's plenty to be said about the infamous ...

PARIS — Spring has arrived and it is time for a makeover of France’s most emblematic edifice. Once every seven years, every crevice, nut, bolt and beam of the Eiffel Tower is re-painted by ...

I love the Eiffel Tower. That’s not an especially radical statement. What’s not to like about the fanciful reddish-brown latticework structure that looms over Paris? But that’s separate and ...

Each new Olympic medal features a piece of Eiffel Tower iron—though the signature “Eiffel Tower brown” paint, which the structure has sported since 1968, has been removed.

It has been stripped of its “Eiffel Tower brown” paint and the returned to its original color. The center of the iron has been stamped with the logo of the Paris 2024 Games.

Stripped of “Eiffel Tower brown” paint, the metal is restored to its original color. [Image: Paris 2024] The medals will be the first in Olympic history designed by jewelers.

The Olympians who earn a medal during the 2024 Summer Olympics will take home not just a piece of Olympic history, but also a piece of Paris history. The medals for the Paris Olympics were ...

Vartan’s edition will lend a pop of yellow Susquehanna Union Green’s town square. Most people only know the Eiffel Tower’s eponymous brown hue, which it has sported since 1968.

Mr. Estanguet said the iron used in the medals will be recycled fragments from the Eiffel Tower’s original 1889 construction that had been sitting unused in a warehouse after renovation work.