Remembering the 'father' of the iconic Eiffel Tower

The Nuestra Señora del Rosario Cathedral, the main temple of the city of Tacna in south Peru, was constructed in 1875 by Eiffel’s firm. — AFP

French engineer and entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel will forever be remembered for building the much-loved tower that has dominated the Paris skyline for over a century.

But the father of the Eiffel Tower also designed hundreds of other landmarks across the globe, and even patented a system of underwater “bridges” to run under the English Channel.