What do Tokyo, Las Vegas, Hangzhou and Tegucigalpa have in common? All boast a replica - more or less true to the original - of the Eiffel Tower, Paris’s landmark building that has long been a symbol of the city and of France itself.
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A horse-drawn cart passes the Eiffel Tower in the Parizh settlement in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region. -
A replica of the Eiffel Tower is seen on a private tourist complex near Slobozia, about 120 kilometres east of Bucharest. Daniel Mihailescu / AFP Photo -
View of the Eiffel Tower in Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia. AFP Photo -
A merry-go-round modeled on Paris’ Eiffel Tower is seen outside an upmarket shopping mall in Shanghai. Peter Parks / AFP Photo -
Las Vegas’ Eiffel Tower. John Gurzinski / AFP Photo -
A 26-metre high replica of the Eiffel tower made by Greek doctor and sculptor Harris Fournarakis at Filiatra village, 280 kilometres south west of of Athens. Aris Messinis / AFP Photo -
A girl looks at an eight-metre tall Eiffel Tower in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Orlando Sierra / AFP Photo -
The Tokyo Tower lit as the tower marks it’s 50th anniversary in Tokyo. It was modelled on Paris’ Eiffel Tower. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP Photo -
Tower of the Reformer in Guatemala City. Johan Ordonez / AFP Photo -
‘Tour Eiffel’ in the Moroccan city of Fes. Fadel Senna / AFP Photo -
View of a copy of the Eiffel Tower in Gomez Palacio, Durango State, Mexico. Enrique Terrazas / AFP Photo -
Brisbane’s ‘Eiffel Tower’. Aman Sharma / AFP Photo -
The Estonian all-wood version of the Eiffel Tower in Tallnin. Raigo Pajula / AFP Photo -
The Effel Tower in Tianducheng, a luxury real estate development located in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province. AFP Photo -
The Petrin Tower in Prague, Czech Republic. Michal Cizek / AFP Photo
In pictures: Faux Eiffel Towers around the world
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