The descendants of the Eiffel Tower's designer say they will fight to stop the Olympic rings being left on the tower, as the mayor of Paris plans. The family of the legendary engineer Gustave ...

By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris The giant Olympic rings that were installed on the Eiffel Tower for the 2024 summer Games will become a permanent fixture on the monument, the mayor of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pushing to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower. She also wants to keep the hot air balloon that lifted the Olympic cauldron into the sky during the Games.

The family of the legendary engineer behind the Eiffel Tower has said they have spoken to a lawyer about blocking Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plans to leave the Olympic rings on the Paris landmark.

This photograph shows Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Tower taken from France Televisions set in Trocadero, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, on July 31, 2024. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP ...

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 ...

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”.

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 ...

Paris's mayor said Friday that she intended to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower until at least 2028 despite criticism of the idea from some residents and lawmakers. The logo of five ...