French is indeed a romance language, whose roots were in what the French call the spoken version of Latin that Roman conquerors brought to the territory when they invaded in 59 B.C. After the Roman empire fell in the 5th century, France was invaded by germanic tribes (Franks). Although these tribes did bring their own language to the territory, it did not supplant the local dialects that had been derived from "latin vulgaire". Instead of the locals adopting the language of their conquerors as you might expect, the reverse happened. This is not to say that the germanic languages had no influence on the local language. This influence was stronger in the north of what would become France than in the south. For a time there were two distinct dialects spoken in France: "Langue d'Oïl" in the north, and "Langue d'Oc" in the south (the names were derived from the words for "yes" in each dialect). French kings settled in the north, and as their power and influence grew during the centuries that followed, so did the importance of the "Langue d'Oïl". This dialect would evolve into what we now know as French.
The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel tower was created 1887-1889 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The month of the completion of the Eiffel tower is March 28, 89. It took 2 years 2 months and 5 days to complete it. Only one worker was killed in building the Eiffel Tower. It was created to celebrate the anniversary of the French revolution. After the celebration it was saved from being demolished by being turned into a radio transmitter. As it has gotten older pavilions, an elevator, and other structures on the first and second floor. They have also added covers to protect people from rain. It is made of 9441 tons of steel. A total of 984 ft. ( 324 m) tall and has 18038 individual pieces. The iron used to make the Eiffel tower was made at the factories of Mr. Dupont and Mr. Fould. It is made of 4 base legs that are 80 meters apart from each other and are each 50 meters above the ground. The Eiffel tower has been painted 6 different colors in its history. All of the different colors were shades of brown. It takes 50 tons of paint to paint the Eiffel tower. A total of 50 engineers made 5300 blueprints. 121 workers worked at the construction site to build it.
