Built in 1889 and one of the world's most recognisable
monuments, the Eiffel Tower sees some 7 million visitors each
year and up to 30,000 a day in the peak summer season. PHOTO: AFP/FILE.
The 324-metre-high (1,062-foot) iron tower was evacuated around 2 p.m. (12:30 GMT) but is now open to tourists again.
The police official could give no further details.
Built in 1889 and one of the world's most recognisable monuments, the Eiffel Tower sees some 7 million visitors each year and up to 30,000 a day in the peak summer season.
It is regularly subject to bomb scares but these threats are usually found to be hoaxes and cause full evacuations only a couple of times a year.
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