French soldiers patrol around the Eiffel tower | Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Paris to build bulletproof wall around Eiffel Tower The glass structure will cost €20m.

The Council of Paris unanimously agreed Monday to a proposal to erect a bulletproof wall around the Eiffel Tower in response to the terror threat in France, Le Monde reported.

Parisian authorities will put up bulletproof glass on two sides of the tower area, while the two other sides, which serve as entrance and exit points, will be enclosed by metal grids "reproducing the profile of the Eiffel Tower."

Jean-François Martins, the deputy mayor of Paris responsible for tourism, said the new wall, which is expected to be completed next year at an estimated cost of €20 million, will be much more effective and attractive than the barriers currently in use.

The measures are part of a plan aimed at strengthening security around the Eiffel Tower, one of the world's top tourist sites.

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