Eiffel Tower Undergoes 18th Repainting

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Eiffel Tower Undergoes 18th Repainting

France's Eiffel Tower, one of the world's most popular tourist attractions, is set to be repainted.
From Saturday, 25 acrobatic painters will start scaling the 324-metre-high puddled iron structure.

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France's Eiffel Tower, one of the world's most popular tourist attractions, is set to be repainted.

From Saturday, 25 acrobatic painters will start scaling the 324-metre-high puddled iron structure.

They are charged with sanding, cleaning and painting the beams with 60 tonnes of lead-free brown paint.

The job, which is expected to be finished in February 2003, will cost 20 million francs ($US 2.67 million).

It will be the tower's 18th repaint since it was built 112 years ago.

With six million visitors a year, the tower is the world's most visited paying tourist attraction.

However, its management says entries have dropped by 17 per cent since the September 11 attacks in the United States.

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