Eiffel Tower speech
construite à la fin du siècle dernier, qui la classe parmi les sites les plus visités de la planète. Mais, victime de son succès, la tour va devoir subir quelques aménagements et un grand chantier se prépare.
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built at the end of the last century, which ranks it among the most visited sites on the planet. But, victim of its success, the tower is going to have to undergo some improvements and a large construction site is being prepared.
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Investigation for Champs-Élysées, Louis Leroux
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Du haut de ses trois cent vingt-quatre mètres, la demoiselle de fer qui surplombe fièrement la Seine et les toits de Paris en rougirait presque de plaisir. En cent dix ans, elle a accueilli deux cent millions de visiteurs, ce qui en fait l'édifice payant le plus visité au monde. Cette année encore, la Tour Eiffel devrait dépasser les six millions d'entrées, soit deux fois plus que l'Empire State Building de New York et loin devant la Tour de Londres qui comptabilise deux millions de visiteurs, et le Colisée de Rome, plus d'un million.
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From the top of its three hundred twenty-four meters (about 1,246 feet), the iron lady who proudly looks over the Seine and the roofs of Paris could almost blush with pleasure. In a hundred and twenty years, it has welcomed two hundred million visitors, which makes it the world's most visited building with an entry fee. Again this year, the Eiffel Tower should exceed six million admissions; that is, twice as many as the Empire State building in New York and far ahead of the London Tower which counts two million visitors and the Roman Colliseum, more than a million.
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