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Who built the Eiffel Tower?

  1. Gustav Eiffel

  2. Antoine Eiffel

  3. Federik Eiffel

  4. Pascal Eiffel
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Explanation

The Eiffel Tower was designed and built by Gustave Eiffel (with engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier) for the 1889 Paris Exposition. Gustave Eiffel's company constructed the tower, and it was originally intended to be a temporary exhibit. The tower bears his name and was controversial among Parisian artists who called it a useless monstrosity.

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