La nieve y el hielo impiden la entrada a la Torre Eiffel /REUTERS/Charles Platiau
La torre Eiffel permanecerá cerrada a los visitantes el viernes y el sábado “todo el día”, dado que las escaleras y las plataformas son impracticables debido a la nieve y el hielo, anunció la empresa que gestiona el monumento.
“La importante masa de nieve que cubre a la Dama de Hierro y las temperaturas muy bajas que generaron placas de hielo hacen actualmente impracticables plataformas y escalera”, informó la compañía en un comunicado.
La “naturaleza misma” de la torre Eiffel, explicó, complica las técnicas para retirar la nieve: no se puede poner sal en las plataformas porque es corrosiva para el metal y tampoco se permite utilizar arena dado que podría dañar los mecanismos del ascensor.
El monumento, uno de los más visitados del mundo, fue cerrado a los visitantes el martes, debido al temporal de nieve que se abatió sobre París.
La torre Eiffel recibió en 2017 más de seis millones de visitantes.
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