エッフェル塔の五輪シンボル、塔設計者の子孫が設置継続に反対

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランス・パリのエッフェル塔を設計したギュスターブ・エッフェル氏の子孫が、塔に設置されている五輪シンボルを残す市の案について、先祖の「作品に対する敬意を損なうような変更には反対する」と述べ、計画を阻止する意向を示した。すでに弁護士にも相談しているという。（写真は、五輪シンボルが掲げられたエッフェル塔）
　パリのアンヌ・イダルゴ市長は先日、パリ五輪・パラリンピックに合わせて塔に掲げられた五輪シンボルについて、少なくとも次のロサンゼルス五輪が開催される２０２８年まで残す計画を明らかにした。
　しかし、エッフェル家の子孫は、五輪シンボルについて「カラフルでサイズが大きく、塔に向かう大通りの正面に配置」されていることで、塔の形状が「著しくアンバランス」になり、「本来の形を大幅に変えている」と指摘し、シンボルを残すのは「五輪イヤーが終了する２０２４年いっぱい」までにすべきだと提案した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/09/10-17:16）

The descendants of the Eiffel Tower's designer say they will fight to stop the Olympic rings being left on the tower as the mayor of Paris plans.
The family of the legendary engineer Gustave Eiffel said they oppose any alteration that negatively impacts respect for the work of their ancestor, adding they had already consulted lawyers about blocking the change.
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo plans to keep the massive multicoloured rings that were attached to the Dame de Fer (Iron Lady) for the Paris Olympics until at least 2028, when the next Games will be held in Los Angeles.
But the descendants argued that the symbol is colourful, large in size, placed on the main avenue of approach to the tower (and) creates a strong imbalance in the tower's shape, substantially modifying the very pure forms of the monument.
Keeping the rings in place would go against the neutrality and meaning acquired over the years by the Eiffel Tower, which has become the symbol of the city of Paris and even all of France across the world, their family association, AGDE, said in a statement Sunday.
They suggest that the rings should stay in place only until the end of 2024, which marks the end of the Olympic year.
Completed in 1889 for Paris' Universal Exhibition and originally intended to stand for only 20 years, the 330-metre Eiffel Tower is owned by the city of Paris.
It is the world's most visited monument according to its website, attracting around seven million people every year -- around three-quarters of them from abroad.