A French man spent eight years building a 23.6-foot model of the Eiffel Tower from matchsticks, but his application for a Guinness World Record was rejected on the grounds of the matches he used.

WILLIAMSBURG — The Eiffel Tower-like base of what will be New England’s tallest recycled sculpture, at 42 feet, was unveiled on the lawn of Meekins Library on Saturday.

Plaud scaled that up, multiplying the dimensions by six to get a sculpture that was 1/45th the size of the Eiffel Tower — 23.6 feet, sufficient to break Daher’s world record by more than two feet.

The Guinness World Records awarded the man who built a nearly 24-foot Eiffel Tower out of hundreds of thousands of matchsticks with a world record weeks after he was disqualified.

Art World A Piece of the Eiffel Tower Has Just Popped Up in Pennsylvania. Scores of fabricated towns are appearing around the state, but only one has this little piece of history.

A French man spent eight years building a 23.6-foot model of the Eiffel Tower from matchsticks, but his application for a Guinness World Record was rejected on the grounds of the matches he used.

The Guinness World Records awarded the man who built a nearly 24-foot Eiffel Tower out of hundreds of thousands of matchsticks with a world record weeks after he was disqualified.

The Guinness World Records awarded the man who built a nearly 24-foot Eiffel Tower out of hundreds of thousands of matchsticks with a world record weeks after he was disqualified.