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In 1889, the Champs de Mars served as Campus Martius for the Paris Universal Exhibition; many monuments and impressive monuments were built specially for this purpose, such as the Galerie des machines, the Industrial Palace or the Fountain of Jules Coutan (image). The Eiffel Tower is the only monument left of it. He, too, was originally to be demolished, but was saved by Gustave Eiffel through its use as a radio tower.