At the top of the Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel had reserved an accommodation. The expression invites to imagine an apartment where the engineer would have retired every evening above Paris. The description of the rooms, however, tells a more particular use: there was no bedroom.
The complex included a living room with sofa and piano, small offices, a kitchen and toilet facilities. A significant part of the surface was occupied by traffic and technical equipment. This place was mainly used to receive visitors and to work on the scientific experiments envisaged from the Tower.
A reconstruction of the office recalls the visit of Thomas Edison in 1889. The official website states that Eiffel probably never slept in this accommodation, without turning this formulation into absolute certainty. The unusual is in the details of the rooms: an apartment perched in one of the most famous monuments, designed for meetings and work rather than to install a bed.
What we know
No room; no so-called probable night, without absolute certainty.
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