Get that gold! France's Eiffel Tower getting makeover for 2024 Olympics

One of the world's most famous landmarks, the Eiffel Tower in Paris is set to get the most extensive and perhaps expensive revamp in its 130-year history. 

First, the layers from 19 previous coats of paint will be removed, followed by a fresh coat of a yellow-brown composition that Gustave Eiffel himself wanted for his monument.

The revamp of the 324-metre-tall Iron Lady, in the run-up for the 2024 Paris Olympics, will cost an estimated 50 million euros.

"It's going to give the Eiffel Tower a bit more of a gold hue than the colour that we're used to seeing, in time for the Olympic Games," Patrick Branco Ruivo, CEO of the company operating the tower told AFP.