London: In a perfect New Year greeting, the Taj Mahal and Statue of Liberty warmly greeted the Eiffel Tower as the 126-year-old monument joined the micro-blogging site Twitter for the first time this week.
<img title="Eiffel Tower" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/dec/29Eiffel-Tower.jpg" alt="Eiffel Tower" /> The Eiffel Tower thanked the Statue of Liberty and Taj Mahal for their greetings. Pic/AFP
&ldquo;Welcome to Twitter, my sister,&rdquo; tweeted Statue of Liberty on its handle @LaTourEiffel, later joined by the Taj Mahal &mdash; indisputably the most famous example of Mughal architecture and a Unesco heritage site.
&ldquo;Parisian since 1889, now I am sparkling on Twitter!&rdquo; said one of the first tweets on the official account of the 1,063 ft-high tower nicknamed La Grande Dame by its creator Gustave Eiffel.
According to the officials, they decided to open the Twitter account to provide &ldquo;news about the Tower, historical facts as well as practical information.&rdquo;
The Taj Mahal joined New York&rsquo;s Empire State Building in welcoming the tall Paris tower to the world of tweets.

As the 126-year-old Parisian tower joined Twitter, other monuments tweeted to it

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