Currently illuminated until 1 a.m., the Eiffel Tower, which is one of the most visited monuments in the world, will now be off at 11:45 p.m.
The mayor of Paris must announce a reduction in the night lighting of the Eiffel Tower by just over an hour, as part of its energy sobriety plan which will be presented on Tuesday, said Saturday the entourage of Anne Hidalgo, confirming information from the JDD.
Currently illuminated until 1 a.m., the Eiffel Tower, which is one of the most visited monuments in the world, will now be turned off at 11:45 p.m., the departure time 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. Thursday evening, this animation was canceled in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died the same day, and the tower went out at midnight instead of 01:00.
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Night illumination represents 4% of the monument’s annual consumption, confirmed 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“, declared Jean-François Martins, the president of the SETE interviewed by AFP, stressing that this was part of the “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.