France closes Eiffel Tower, other tourist sites indefinitely

French soldiers patrol the Eiffel Tower after series of terrorist attacks
(Image credit: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)

The Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, and other Paris tourist attractions will be closed indefinitely following Friday night's series of six terrorist attacks, French authorities said Saturday. The monument never opened Saturday out of precaution, The Associated Press reports, and French soldiers have been patrolling the area.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.