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Photos: Eiffel Tower to the Sphinx, China builds scale replicas of world landmarks

Parag Shinde • May 13, 2014, 21:49:43 IST
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Be it the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the United States Capitol building or the Eiffel Tower, China has brought tourist destinations from across the world to its doorstep. The country has built scale replicas of these world landmarks. Here are some images of the replicas.

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Photos: Eiffel Tower to the Sphinx, China builds scale replicas of world landmarks

[caption id=“attachment_1521943” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![Chinese workers walk past a 1:4 scale mini leaning tower of Pisa in Shanghai, September 7, 2004. The financial hub of Shanghai in eastern China holds a carnival called ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTRA7C7.jpg) Chinese workers walk past a 1:4 scale mini leaning tower of Pisa in Shanghai. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1521963” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![Workers build a pavement outside a replica of the Roman Colosseum at the Fisherman's Wharf, a local invested entertainment park with a casino, which is under construction at the Outer Harbour area in Macau October 19, 2005. Companies around the world are pumping billions of dollars into this former Portuguese enclave to build new casinos, hotels and shopping malls to tap a growing flood of Chinese tourists. The territory is the only place in China where casinos are legal. Photo taken October 19. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR19O3V.jpg) Workers build a pavement outside a replica of the Roman Colosseum at the Fisherman’s Wharf, a local invested entertainment park with a casino, which is under construction at the Outer Harbour area in Macau. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1521965” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A man poses for photographs on a full-scale replica of the Sphinx, that is part of an unfinished theme park that will also accommodate the production of movies, television shows and animation, on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province May 10, 2014. The replica is a venue of a film studio which is already functioning. The theme park is scheduled to open this October, local media reported. Picture taken May 10, 2014. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR3OR1O.jpg) A man poses for photographs on a full-scale replica of the Sphinx, that is part of an unfinished theme park that will also accommodate the production of movies, television shows and animation, on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1521967” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A farmer tills the field near the replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, March 21, 2014. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR3HZOW.jpg) A farmer tills the field near the replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1521969” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A visitor takes a photograph of a carved structure, which is a replica of the Karnak Temple in Egypt, at the abandoned Wanguo park in Wuhan, Hubei province March 12, 2013. The park was abandoned during the course of construction 14 years ago, according to local media. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR3EVGE.jpg) A visitor takes a photograph of a carved structure, which is a replica of the Karnak Temple in Egypt, at the abandoned Wanguo park in Wuhan, Hubei province. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1521947” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A boy cries near a replica of the United States Capitol building at Beijing World Park, one of three designated ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTX8447.jpg) A boy cries near a replica of the United States Capitol building at Beijing World Park. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1521949” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A visitor takes photographs of a replica of the White House at Beijing World Park, one of the three designated ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTX844K.jpg) A visitor takes photographs of a replica of the White House at Beijing World Park. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1521957” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A canal flows through the center of the Florentia Village in the district of Wuqing, located on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin June 13, 2012. The shopping center, which covers an area of some 200,000 square meters, was constructed on a former corn field at an estimated cost of US$220 million and copies old Italian-style architecture with Florentine arcades, a grand canal, bridges, and a building that resembles a Roman Coliseum. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR33JS4.jpg) A canal flows through the center of the Florentia Village in the district of Wuqing, located on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1521959” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![Children pose for pictures at the replica of Austria's UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, in China's southern city of Huizhou in Guangdong province June 1, 2012. Metals and mining company China Minmetals Corporation spent $940 million to build this controversial site and hopes to attract both tourists and property investors alike, according to local newspaper reports. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR32XPZ.jpg) Children pose for pictures at the replica of Austria’s UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, in China’s southern city of Huizhou in Guangdong province. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1521961” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A family walks in the Chinese replica of Austria's UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, in China's southern city of Huizhou in Guangdong province June 1, 2012. Metals and mining company China Minmetals Corporation spent $940 million to build this controversial site and hopes to attract both tourists and property investors alike, according to local newspaper reports. REUTERS](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR32XKH.jpg) A family walks in the Chinese replica of Austria’s UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, in China’s southern city of Huizhou in Guangdong province. . Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1521975” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] ![A car drives on a roundabout with a windmill in the middle in ](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RTR1TKV8.jpg) A car drives on a roundabout with a windmill in the middle in “Holland Village” in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province. Reuters[/caption]

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