Paris, 15 Mar The Eiffel Tower in Paris gained six meters in height this Tuesday, to 330 in total, thanks to the placement of a new radio antenna on its summit, which was installed with a helicopter. The landmark monument was closed in the morning, until 13:00 local time (12:00 GMT), so that the operation could take place. The Tower, which before the health crisis received more than seven million visitors annually, 75% of them foreigners, was erected in 1889, on the occasion of that year's Universal Exhibition, with an initial height of 312 meters, without an antenna. The four pillars on which it sits form a square of 125 meters on each side and weighs a total of 10,100 tons. Its first floor is 57 meters high, the second at 115 meters and the third at 276, according to the figures provided on its website. It was originally conceived to last only 20 years, but it was finally its function as a giant radio antenna, and later a telecommunications antenna, that ended up saving it. The placement of successive antennas brought their height to 324 meters in 2000. “I haven't stopped growing for 133 years! Today we are celebrating a new historical chapter,” the Tower said on Twitter. The audiovisual network infrastructure operator TDF pointed out that the installation of the antenna this Tuesday, compatible with digital audio transmission (DAB), is “a spectacular and unprecedented technical feat”.
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