Rejecting The Eiffel Tower
We Regret To Inform You: The Rejection Podcast
English - August 23, 2023 20:22 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBDocumentary Society & Culture Philosophy Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world. 300 million people have climbed its stairs – or its elevators – since the landmark first opened in 1889. You’ve seen it in countless movies, you’ve marvelled at its 20,000 lights. But did you know back when the tower's design was first revealed to the public, 300 of France’s most-respected cultural luminaries called it a humiliation, a mockery and an "odious column of bolted metal?"
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