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Goodbye metal fencing, hello glass walls: Paris authorities are building a permanent security belt around the Eiffel Tower, replacing the current fencing around it with more visually appealing glass walls.
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The company operating France's most-visited monument says see-through panels are being set up at the north and south ends of the site. (Reuters)
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Each panel, made from over 6-centimeter (2.36-inch) thick armored glass, measures 3 meters (nearly 10 feet) high and weighs 1.5 tons. (Reuters)
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The glass walls being installed allow visitors to admire the views from the nearby Champ-de-Mars gardens to the other side of the Seine River that cuts through Paris. (AP)
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The renovation, which will also embellish the gardens beneath the tower, is part of a 300 million euro ($350 million) project announced last year to modernize the 129-year-old tower that has become the most recognized landmark in Paris. (Reuters)
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French soldiers and police will keep patrolling outside and inside the area, as they have done since the deadly November 2015 attacks in the French capital. (Reuters)
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In all, 450 glass panels will compose the two walls north and south of the monument. (Reuters)
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The security renovation should be completed by September. (AP)
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