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No, not really. But a part of its staircase is up for auction tomorrow.
This morning as I was perusing the newspaper a photo of an oddly out-of-place twirling staircase caught my eye. Reading the caption under the photo and then scanning the headline of the article filled in the blanks…
Two-and-a-half meters of the Eiffel Tower’s staircase dating back to 1889, the original construction, are going on sale tomorrow, November 22. They are estimated to bring in 40-50,000€.
If you’d like a piece of Paris, literally, in your living room – and if you have 2,6 meter high ceilings (how many of us do…?) – that’s almost 9ft – and you have an easy 50-grand to spread around, the auction will take place on Tuesday in the private garden of the lovely Hotel du Rond Point des Champs-Elysées. Phone orders are always an option!
francetaste said:
That would be so cool….
Actually our ceilings are 4 meters, so the stairs are too short.
Becoming Madame said:
True that in France, in older homes, we have much larger ceilings. We have 3,5m… 4 is quite tall, must be beautiful!
francetaste said:
Yes, gorgeous, with boiseries. You can find it on my blog.
Tanja said:
actually it would fit in my living room:))
Helen said:
Hi
I remember reading about Gandhi’s visit to the Eiffel Tower in his biography, interesting to think of the people who used this staircase ( or part of)
Regards
Helen
PS I would love to know why you stopped making videos for youtube? I found them fascinating, I remember when I was a very young child, our summer holidays meant long rail journeys through France, and my most vivid memory of those very long trips, is, if I was lucky, the train would slow or stop when coming into a station and I always looked at the houses and wondered what kind of lives these people had , so I was delighted to find your cannel. Hence my question.