The Eiffel Tower, symbol of the city of Paris, will not only be center of tourist attention but will also be highly celebrated in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This French Edition of the Olympic Games will mark a memorable milestone in the history of sport and also in the world of medal design. In honor of the return of the Games to France, each Olympic and Paralympic medal will include a piece of the Eiffel Tower, creating a profound connection between this object of achievement, the ultimate goal of many athletes, and the iconic monument of Paris and France.
Eiffel Tower and sunburst a sunset. Paris, France. Credit: M Swiet Productions/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group 
The Eiffel Tower stands tall against the blue sky in Paris. Credit: Felipe Rodriguez/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
France, Ile de France, Paris, Eiffel tower. Credit: Giovanni Mereghetti/Education Images/Universal Images Group 
The Eiffel Tower at sunset. Credit: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
The Eiffel Tower: from below. Credit: Planet One Images/Universal Images Group 
Visitors Climb One of The Legs of The Eiffel Tower In Paris As The Sun Sets Over The City. Paris, France. Credit: James MacDonald/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group 
The Eiffel Tower stands tall against the blue sky in Paris. Credit: Felipe Rodriguez/VWPics/Universal Images Group 
The Eiffel Tower stands tall against the blue sky in Paris. Credit: Felipe Rodriguez/VWPics/Universal Images Group
The medals for the 2024 Paris Olympics were designed by the French luxury jewellery house and at the center of each medal there is a small hexagon made with the original iron taken from the famous monument. On the reverse, as usual, an image of the goddess of victory Nike. Some small metal elements were removed from the monument during renovations in the 20th century and have been carefully preserved since then. The pieces of iron, cleaned of the characteristic dark paint of the monument, were set like real gems.
Our collection is rich in imagery of this French iconic landmark covering its construction beginning in 1887 and finished in record time of 2 years, 2 months and 5 days – a veritable technical feat of that time – to be ready for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, right up to the present day showing its central place in events and daily life over many years.
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), French civil engineer and architect, 1889. Pictures From History/Universal Images Group 
The Eiffel Tower under construction, the photograph was taken around 1888. Credit: Photo 12/Universal Images Group 
Construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. A steel girder being lifted into place with a crane. From La Nature (Paris, 1889). Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Workers placing a girder in position on the Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, Paris, France, late 19th century. From Great Engineers, published c.1890. Credit: Ken Welsh/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
Construction of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. General view of one of the cranes used for lifting components to the working level. From La Nature (Paris, 1887). Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
German soldiers at the Eiffel Tower, Paris, June 1940. The first German troops entered the city on 14 June. The photographer is unknown. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group 
View of the foot of the Eiffel Tower during the Exposition Universelle 1889 in Paris, Hippolyte Blancard (attributed to), Paris, 1889. Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group 
Paris (XVth). – La Tour Eiffel (title on object), maker: Leon & Levy (mentioned on object), Eiffel tower, 1912, paper, collotype. Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group 
View of the Eiffel Tower, La Tour Eiffel (title on object), Paris (series title on object), etienne Neurdein (mentioned on object), Paris, 1870 – 1900. Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group 
The Eiffel tower ca. 1937. Credit: HUM Images/Universal Images Group 
Eiffel Tower and Trocadero, Palais du Trocadero was a historicist exhibition palace built for the 1878 Paris Universal Exposition, Universal Exposition (Exposition universelle International), 1900, Paris, France, Historical, c. 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. Credit: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group 
Eiffel Tower and Trocadero, Palais du Trocadero was a historicist exhibition palace built for the 1878 Paris Universal Exposition, Universal Exposition (Exposition universelle International), 1900, Paris, France, Historical, c. 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. Credit: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group 
Eiffel Tower and general view of the site, Exposition universelle International, Universal Exhibition, 1900, Paris, France, Historical, c. 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. Credit: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group 
Eiffel Tower, view of the Palais du Trocadero, Paris, France, Historical, c. 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original. Credit: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group
Sources:
https://www.thecollector.com/what-are-the-most-interesting-facts-about-the-eiffel-tower
Le medaglie di Parigi 2024 realizzate con il ferro della Torre Eiffel (insideart.eu)