The Eiffel Tower was originally offered to Barcelona.
Why it is true
Before building it in Paris, Gustave Eiffel proposed a similar monumental tower for the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, but the city council rejected it for being too expensive and strange.
Source: History
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