PARIS has installed a 10ft anti-terror wall around the Eiffel Tower using bulletproof glass to protect visitors from potential attacks. The permanent structure, unveiled on Thursday, replaces the old metal fencing with 450 clear panels which are two inches thick and weigh 1.5 tonnes each. The company operating France's most-visited monument says the walls have been put up at the north and south ends of the site to protect visitors from terror attacks. Two graphic grids have been erected on the two other sides of the site and bollards against vehicle ramming attacks will be set up all around. Soldiers and police will keep patrolling outside and inside the area, as they have done since the deadly November 2015 attacks in the French capital. The glass walls allow visitors to admire the views from the nearby Champ-de-Mars gardens to the other side of the Seine River that cuts through Paris. The renovation, which also embellish the gardens beneath the tower, is part of a £261million … [Read more...] about Paris installs 10ft anti-terror wall around Eiffel Tower using bulletproof glass to protect visitors from attacks
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Glass walls, not metal fencing, to surround Eiffel Tower
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Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for €2 million at Eiffel Tower auction
The skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur sold for more than two million euros ($2.3 million) at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday. The bones of what scientists believe to be "probably a new species" of the carnivorous allosaurus were discovered during a dig in Wyoming in the United States in 2013. The 150-million-year-old skeleton, which is 70 percent intact, was snapped up by an unnamed French art collector, who promised that the specimen will be lent out to a museum. The buyer "wants it to be on display in a French museum," auctioneer Claude Aguttes told AFP. Photo: AFP The dinosaur, which is more than nine metres (30 feet) long and 2.6 metres high, lived during the late Jurassic period, said Eric Mickeler who works for the Aguttes auction house. He said it was the "only one of its species" to have yet been discovered. Dinosaur expert Eric Geneste had earlier told AFP it was … [Read more...] about Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for €2 million at Eiffel Tower auction
Will multi-million Jumbo revamp bid give Colchester its very own Eiffel Tower?
Gallery PUBLISHED: 16:53 13 March 2018 | UPDATED: 12:18 14 March 2018 Colchester councillor Darius Laws, who believes the revamped Jumbo could be Colchester's answer to the Eiffel Tower. Picture: GEMMA RAWLINSON Archant Colchester could soon have its very own Eiffel Tower after multi-million pound plans to revitalise a much-loved and iconic landmark were revealed. Inside the Jumbo water tower - where a sky-high restaurant, bar, gift shop and heritage centre could be built in years to come. Picture: CNEEBPT/MICHAEL CAMERON PHOTOGRAPHY That’s according to a campaigning councillor backing major proposals to open a sky-high restaurant, bar, gift shop and heritage centre inside the town’s Balkerne Water Tower, commonly known as Jumbo. Bosses behind the revamp, from the Colchester and North East Essex Buildings Preservation Trust (BPT), want to bring the Grade II listed building – once a fully functioning water tower which has stood empty for almost three decades … [Read more...] about Will multi-million Jumbo revamp bid give Colchester its very own Eiffel Tower?
Paris: Strike by security staff forces closure of Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors on Friday after a strike by security staff. The strike by security staff meant the company that runs the Eiffel Tower said the necessary safety conditions could not be met, forcing the closure of the monument. The restaurants 58TE and Jules Verne were also closed as access was not possible. The strike is believed to have come about after three members of the security staff were fired recently. Staff have complained that their hours and pay have deteriorated since the job of providing security for the monument was taken over by a new company recently. It was not clear when the tower would reopen. … [Read more...] about Paris: Strike by security staff forces closure of Eiffel Tower