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The Eiffel Tower is getting a bulletproof glass wall

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower will be overgrown with an impenetrable glass wall. Walls have been a frequent topic of conversation lately. Not only Trump, Paris authorities are also starting construction. They decided that the metal fence that grew around the tower before the European football championship Euro 2016 will be replaced by a 2.5-meter glass wall.

Eiffel Tower will surround in the future 2.5 meters tall an impenetrable glass wall, with which the authorities will try prevent possible attacks to one of the most popular world attractions. It will replace the glass wall metal fence, which winds around 324 meters of the tall Eiffel Tower from the European football championship Euro 2016.

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Plan for a glass wall around the Eiffel Tower.
Plan for a glass wall around the Eiffel Tower

It will be made made of reinforced glass, and plans for it flooded the public domain two days after new terrorist threats emerged. But the fence has not only security purposes, but also practical and aesthetic purposes. They want to be with her facilitate access and improve appearance of the surroundings, because in contrast to metal fences, the glass wall will not show the view, because it will blend in more with the surroundings. They will be at the same time reorganized walking paths around the tower. The measure will cost Paris 20 million euros, and there will still be access to the tower free of charge.

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