The Eiffel Tower was “built” by a Romanian. Engineer Gheorghe Pănculescu, world famous, anonymous in Romania
<p>In a study on the Eiffel Tower, published in Paris in 1889, Gustave Eiffel makes a flattering revelation about a skilled Romanian engineer. He says that the famous symbol of Paris, and therefore of France, could not have been erected so quickly, in the record time of only two years and four months, if a decade before its inauguration a Romanian had not carried out a revolutionary engineering project.</p>
<p>In the study mentioned, entitled ‘Communication sur les travaux de la tour de 300 m’, it is stated that the Eiffel Tower was built using a technical system invented by the Romanian engineer Gheorghe Pănculescu (1844–1922). In 1869, Pănculescu, as a graduate of the Zurich Polytechnic, was recommended to Eiffel by Vasile Alecsandri.</p>
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