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Agence France-Presse

A climber who sparked an evacuation of the Eiffel Tower on Monday was grabbed after clinging to the famous Paris landmark for more than six hours, officials said.
The man, who was not immediately identified, “is in the hands of the emergency teams” deployed to the tower, which will reopen to visitors as normal early on Tuesday, the company operating the structure said in a statement.

It said firefighters who had rappelled down from the tower’s third-floor observation deck to near the black-clad climber managed to “talk the individual down”.
The man “has been grabbed”, a police official added.
Paris shops, monuments to close as fears of protest violence mount
Emergency procedures triggered by the man’s unauthorised climb forced an evacuation of the iconic monument, the esplanade underneath it and a large section of the adjacent Champ de Mars park midafternoon Monday.
The abrupt closure of one of France’s biggest tourist draws frustrated visitors who had been planning to go up the 324-metre (1,063-foot) tower.
“We’re really disappointed, we’re only here for a week and this messes with our whole programme,” said Sylvie and Celine Forcier from Quebec.

Justin and Karen Smith, from Los Angeles, had celebrated their wedding Sunday in front of the tower, but were hoping to get to the top Monday. “We’re disappointed,” he said.
Police earlier said that although they had made contact with the climber, they did not know his motive for climbing up its iron beams.
The tower is regularly the target of rogue free climbers hoping to scale one of the world’s most famous structures, often for bragging rights.

Nearly seven million people a year visit the tower, which last week celebrated its 130th anniversary.
The first two floors can be reached by either lift or stairs, but only lifts whisk people to the top observation deck.
Eiffel Tower shut down in dispute over ‘monstrous’ queues
That did not stop a French urban free climber, Alain Robert, from making it one of his first targets in his campaign to scale the world’s biggest buildings with no technical climbing gear.
He got to the top – not including the antenna – in the mid-1990s.


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Eiffel Tower climber grabbed after sparking evacuation, six-hour stand-off

Paris fire brigade specialists attempt to reach an unidentified man (not pictured) climbing the Eiffel Tower on Monday. Photo: Reuters

An unidentified man climbs the Eiffel Tower, which had to be evacuated, next to a Paris fire brigade specialist in Paris, France, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

epa07587128 Police evacuate tourists as a man unsecurely climbs the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 20 May 2019. The famous French landmark has been evacuated as saftey measure. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT

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A block of flats in the Chinese city of Tianducheng, built in the style of those found in Paris. Photo: François Prost

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--ONE TIME USE ONLY-- Handout image taken by Francois Prost shows the copy of the Eiffel Tower, in the Chinese city of Tianducheng, November 01, 2017. 01NOV17 [19AUGUST2018 FEATURE] CREDIT: Francois Prost

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Eiffel Tower, shops, monuments to close as fears of Paris protest violence mount

Youths and high school students attend a demonstration to protest against the French government's reform plan, in Paris, France. Photo: Reuters

Riot police stand in front of high school students during a demonstration in front of the lycee Montebello of Lille, north France on December 7, 2018. - Images of dozens of high-school pupils kneeling with their hands behind their heads during mass round-ups sparked an outcry on December 7 as France braces for more protests this weekend. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)

High school students stand amid smoke near flare during a demonstration in front of the lycee Montebello of Lille, northern France on December 7, 2018. - Images of dozens of high-school pupils kneeling with their hands behind their heads during mass round-ups sparked an outcry on December 7 as France braces for more protests this weekend. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)

Eiffel Tower shut in dispute over ‘monstrous’ queues

Staff set to strike after new access policy for lifts leaves some visitors waiting in line for up to three hours

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 14, 2018 from the panoramic observatory of the Montparnasse Tower (Tour Montparnasse) shows the sunset over Paris and the Eiffel Tower, few hours before the traditional Bastille day fireworks. Eiffel Tower workers are planning to strike this week over a new access policy for visitors which they say is generating "monstrous" waits at the famous tourist landmark, union officials said on July 30. Since early July the monument has set aside half of daily tickets for people who buy them in advance on the internet and choose a scheduled time for their visit. / AFP PHOTO / Lucas BARIOULET

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Visitors waiting at the Eiffel Tower in June. Photo: Reuters

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Firefighters rappelled down from third-floor observation deck near the top of landmark to talk man down
Tower will reopen to visitors as normal on Tuesday


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Eiffel Tower climber grabbed after sparking evacuation, six-hour stand-off

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Firefighters rappelled down from third-floor observation deck near the top of landmark to talk man down

Tower will reopen to visitors as normal on Tuesday