Century of anecdotes

The Eiffel Tower's epic history recounted for its hundredth birthday. To celebrate the Tower's hundredth birthday in 1989, a huge fresco retracing its first century of life was created. The 100 individual panels it contains are drawn and captioned in the way newspapers were in Gustave Eiffel's time and are exhibited throughout the monument.

One hundred years of historic and scientific events, famous visitors, anecdotes and incredible stories involving the Eiffel Tower are now made public in this journal. The panels are provided by the OTIS Company, whose history remains closely tied to the Eiffel Tower's. The panels are numbered and can be found on the various levels and staircases of the tower. Though they are displayed in treasure hunt style on the tower itself, they are presented in chronological order here for clarity's sake.

Set the Eiffel Tower counter at the year of your choice and view that year's anecdote.

Or enter the year directly :