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Ongoing battle over Olympic Games rings on the Eiffel Tower

The descendants of Gustave Eiffel, who constructed the Eiffel Tower, are not giving up. They do not want the Olympic Games rings to be permanently placed on the 135-year-old building in Paris and have therefore contacted a lawyer to stop the plans.
Ongoing battle over Olympic Games rings on the Eiffel Tower

The Mayor of Paris Backs Down on Olympic Rings

The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, is backing down slightly on the issue of the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower. She is not entirely giving in to criticism, but says they will now adorn the Eiffel Tower until at least 2028.
The Mayor of Paris Backs Down on Olympic Rings

Criticism of plans to alter the Eiffel Tower

The Olympic rings, which adorned the Eiffel Tower during the summer's Olympic Games and Paralympics, are to get a permanent place on the classic building, said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo the other day. A bad idea, say the descendants of Gustave Eiffel, who constructed the tower for the World Championship in 1889.
Criticism of plans to alter the Eiffel Tower
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