1.   Many tourists did not know the monument was closed until they arrived.

2.   She was unaware the monument was closed.

3.   A forecast of thunderstorms threatened to close the monument early on its first day.

4.   Employees at the Eiffel Tower briefly closed the monument Monday, protesting the use of the tower grounds for a rally by the far-right National Front.

5.   German, Italian and Scandinavian tourists also grumbled in anger when they realized the monument was closed, then left.

6.   The Eiffel tower was set to reopen to tourists on Friday evening after a strike kept the monument closed for five days.