Eiffel Tower Celebrates its 130th Birthday- with laser light show

On Wednesday, The Eiffel Tower has celebrated its 130th birthday with a laser light show at the famed monument in Paris. Every year, it still attracts nearly seven million visitors.

Eiffel tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair. It soars to 324 metres in height and weighs 7,300 tonnes. Until the construction of the Chrysler Building in New York in 1930, it was the tallest structure in the world for 41 years.Despite calls for its demolition in the years after the exhibition, it soon became the most iconic feature on the Paris skyline and also France's most visited monument.

Several days after the inauguration at the World's Fair, the Eiffel Tower was opened to the public for the first time on May 15, 1889. In last year, a section of stairs from the tower sold for almost 170,000 euros.

"The recent fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, which destroyed its spire and most of its roof had awakened people to the importance of our heritage and that it can disappear or be damaged", Christophe Girard, overseeing cultural affairs at Paris's city hall said.