The Eiffel Tower was due to remain closed to visitors after bitterly cold weather in France left the monument with black ice on its metal floors, a spokesman said. Photo by www.nikonians.org
The Eiffel Tower was due to remain closed to visitors after bitterly cold weather in France left the monument with black ice on its metal floors, a spokesman said.
It was the second day in a row that one of Paris' most visited monuments kept its doors shut to ensure visitor safety.
Officials said they could neither use salt, which would corrode the iron structure, nor sand, which would disrupt the elevators, to prevent ice from covering the monument. Attempts to sweep off the layers of snow have failed to prevent the formation of a layer of black ice.
The tower, which was closed to visitors for several days due to bad weather in 1986, could be reopened at very short notice if the weather improves.