The Paris Olympics are over, but many in the city are still basking in the glow – including the mayor, who wants to keep the ...

Plans to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower have been condemned by the descendants of the famous landmark’s architect, saying it should not be used as an “advertising outpost”.

The Paris mayor wants the Olympic logo to stay on the monument. Gustave Eiffel’s descendants say the tower shouldn’t be a ...

Making the climb … the highest observation deck sits at 276 metres above the ground.Credit: Getty Images Clearly, the main event at the Eiffel Tower is to go to the very top, though it isn’t ...

So yes, they will stay on the Eiffel Tower,” Hidalgo said in an interview published in Ouest-France on Saturday. She told the news outlet that, thanks to the Olympics, the French “have fallen ...

Paris residents - including a descendant of Gustave Eiffel - reacted in September to the mayor's proposal to keep the Olympic ...

But the plans have irked the descendants of Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who designed the famous tower, who say it was “not intended as an advertising platform.” “We do not think it ...

The Eiffel Tower is the proud symbol of France, rising high above the rooftops of Paris as a testament to French artistry and workmanship. The tower welcomes more than 7 million visitors a year ...

There are few sights more iconic than the Eiffel Tower and the Olympic rings. But not everyone agrees they belong together — least of all the family of the man who designed the landmark, which is now ...

PARIS — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she wants to keep the Olympic rings affixed to the Eiffel Tower so that the “festive spirit” of a successful Games lives on long after their conclusion. Her ...

PARIS: Plans by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower have been condemned by designer Gustave Eiffel's descendants and provoked a backlash from some Parisians.

59Gustave Eiffel's descendants speak out against plan to keep Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's plans to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower permanently has drawn ...