Improbable: the Eiffel Tower changes color in 2024!

In 2024, the Eiffel Tower, the emblematic monument of the Parisian landscape, is getting a beauty makeover. The monument's painting campaign was launched in 2019 so that it can regain its golden lights of the past for the Olympic Games. A tower with seven colors Since its construction began in 1887, the Eiffel Tower has experienced nearly seven different colors. At the time of its inauguration, it was adorned with a "Venice red" dress that it kept for almost two years. Once its construction was complete, it was dressed in various shades of brown, ranging from yellow to red to ochre. Beyond aesthetics, the paint job aims to protect the monument from corrosion, bad weather, and pollution, and is renewed on average every seven years. A delayed painting campaign Today, and since 1968, the Iron Lady sports a "Eiffel Tower brown" shade, specially designed for its protection.The monument. A shade in the process of changing, since 2019, a painting campaign aims to make it regain a "yellow-brown" shade that it had already worn between 1907 and 1953. A tribute to its creator, Gustave Eiffel, who according to France Culture particularly appreciated this color, reminding him of the limestone stones of Parisian buildings.

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The City of Paris was planning a brand new Eiffel Tower for the Olympics. Unfortunately, the painting campaign was delayed due to the 2020 health crisis and other security concerns, according to France Bleu. Therefore, it will only be partially repainted this summer. 50 tons of paint still need to be applied to the Iron Lady by 2026.