The writer Guy de Maupassant, one of the signatories of the 1887 petition, often took his lunch in the restaurant of the Eiffel Tower - allegedly because he found there a place in Paris from where he did not have to see the hated building. From one of the window seats at 58 Tour Eiffel, reserved well in advance today, he could enjoy a spectacular view of Paris, the Champ de Mars below the tower, and the inner sides of the pier structure.