The organizing committee decided that what was needed was a grand landmark to celebrate France and its revolution. Results were good, spirits raised a little, so, a Grande Exposition was planned for 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
Dozens of nations participated.Ī few years after after the Commune, in 1878, in an attempt to bolster its flagging spirits, France held another Exposition Universelle on the Champs de Mars. Before the Franco-Prussian War, in 1867, Napoleon III had commissioned the Exposition Universelle on the Champs de Mars to show off the glory of modern France and his empire. Well, subsequently, in the 1870s, France was struggling to regain its pride, its stability, to understand its place in the world. What does the Commune have to do with the history of the Eiffel Tower?, we hear you ask. The Commune fought battles with the central French government, causing further deaths and hardship in Paris before the rebels were defeated. A sort of socialist republic was established in Paris called the Paris Commune. Save 20% to 30%… or even more!įind hotels in the Latin Quarter, Saint Germain, the Right Bank, the Marais, near the Eiffel Tower.īut it wasn't yet over for Parisians. Check with to find today's sale prices on hotel rooms in every arrondissement of Paris.