Currently illuminated until 1 a.m., the Eiffel Tower would now be turned off at 11:45 p.m. as part of the Paris City Hall’s energy sobriety plan which will be presented Tuesday, Anne Hidalgo’s entourage announced on Saturday, reports Capital.
Still until now illuminated until 1:00 a.m., the Eiffel Tower, one of the most popular monuments for tourists in the world, will now be extinguished at 11:45 p.m., the time of departure of the last visitor. The twinkling of the Eiffel Tower takes place every evening at nightfall, at the beginning of each hour, for five minutes.
Night illumination represents 4% of the monument’s annual consumption, said the Société d’exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SETE). ” It is an eminently symbolic gesture to participate in the awareness of the energy sobriety that we must show “, launched Jean-François Martins, president of the SETE interviewed by AFP, believing that this was part of “roleof this world famous monument.
La Dame de Fer, a masterpiece by engineer Gustave Eiffel, erected 133 years ago, returned to pre-Covid attendance levels in early 2022, with more than 20,000 visitors per day.