- published: 17 Jan 2011
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The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, [tuʁ ɛfɛl], nickname La dame de fer, the iron lady) is a puddle ironlattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
The tower stands 320 metres (1,050 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. However, because of the addition, in 1957, of the antenna atop the Eiffel Tower, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.
The Sun sets on this valley
Carbonized by nuclear blasts
Soon darkening the remains
Where mutants life forms dwell
Unburied bones lie scattered
And dead devices rust
The DNA of a dead world
Awaits beneath the crust
A contorted form of life
Inherits our domain of decadence
Giving birth to hybrid creatures
Its branches point up to a dead sky
The roots leave open sores on the soil
Which once was living
The Evil Tree
Nature's aim is continuation
Throught the perils of life
After endless evolution
This living form will last
The Sun set on this valley
Where a new life is born
Rotten is the trunk
Fingered branches grasp the void
Festering fruits esplode scattering the seeds
Dreadful shapeless creatures
Shouting out their greed of existence
With a cruel voice
Where death with it’s merciful silence