将以下短文段落翻译成汉语。
"The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed in 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals, but has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world."
艾菲尔铁塔是位于法国巴黎马尔斯广场的铁艺格栅塔楼。它以工程师古斯塔夫·艾菲尔的名字命名，其公司设计和建造了这座塔。该塔建于1889年，作为1889年世界博览会的入口，最初遭到一些法国著名艺术家和知识分子的批评，但已成为法国的全球文化标志和世界上最具代表性的建筑之一。