What is the Iron Lady (La Dame de Fer) of Paris?
The Eiffel Tower was given the nickname The Iron Lady in 1925 and is still called this today._x000D_
Eiffel Tower News Fact
_x000D_Paris’ Eiffel Tower was ordered shut in October 2020, as France battled its second virus surge of the coronavirus pandemic. The monument reopened Friday, July 16, 2021, for the first time in nearly nine months. Visitors to the Eiffel Tower over age 18 need to show a “health pass” proving they are fully vaccinated, have a negative virus test, or recently recovered from Covid-19. Masks are required, and authorities limit the number of daily visitors to the tower to about half the pre-pandemic norm of 25,000.