Experts say €60m repaint before Paris hosts 2024 Olympics is only a cosmetic makeover
When it was completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower – Paris’s Iron Lady – was expected to last 20 years before being dismantled. One hundred and 33 years on, the tower is still standing, less by design than through diligent maintenance.
Now, however, confidential reports leaked to the French magazine Marianne suggest the monument is in a poor state and riddled with rust. The tower needs a full repair, it is claimed, but instead it is being given only a cosmetic makeover for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
