Eiffel Tower to White House, China has a duplicate of most of the world’s famous monuments

Eiffel Tower to White House, China has a duplicate of most of the world’s famous monuments

Mangalore Today News Network

China, June 13, 2014:  Does China remind you of duplicates of all the famous phones, toys, and clothing brands for you? China just added another feather to its cap - it has clones of some of the world’s most famous monuments! Suzhou is one Chinese city that has Dutch-style suburbs, and is soon becoming China’s city of clones.

A woman climbs a tower in front of a full-scale replica of the Sphinx, which 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 15, 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.

 

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.

 

A view of the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province August 1, 2013. Tianducheng, developed by Zhejiang Guangsha Co. Ltd., started constructing in 2007 and was known as a knockoff of Paris with a scaled-replica of the Eiffel Tower, standing 108 metres, and Parisian houses. Although designed to accommodate at least ten thousand people, Tianducheng remains sparsely populated and is now considered as a "ghost town", according to local media.

 

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.

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.

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.

A cleaner works in front of a building that makes up the luxurious Chateau Laffitte Hotel, an imitation of the 1650 Château Maisons-Laffitte by the French architect François Mansart, located on the outskirts of Beijing August 20, 2010. In 2004, when the hotel was under construction, the owners were accused of forcing local farmers off their land, and offering them low-paid jobs as compensation. China’s richest citizens are even wealthier than the statistics suggest, and may hold as much as 9.3 trillion yuan (US$1.4 trillion) of hidden assets, according to a Credit Suisse-sponsored study by a top economic think-tank. And nearly two thirds of that unreported income goes into the pockets of the richest 10 percent, widening China’s already troubling wealth gap, said Wang Xiaolu, the economist at the China Society of Economic Reform (CSER), who headed the survey.

A visitor takes photographs of a replica of the White House at Beijing World Park, one of the three designated "protest parks" in Beijing July 25, 2008. China has designated areas in three Beijing parks for demonstrations during the Olympics, an official said, with the Games already a lightning rod for protest over issues ranging from Darfur to Tibet. Designating "protest pens" is in line with practice at past Games because the International Olympic Committee charter prohibits demonstrations or "political, religious or racial propaganda" at Olympic venues or sites.

A boy cries near a replica of the United States Capitol building at Beijing World Park, one of three designated "protest parks" in Beijing July 25, 2008. China has designated areas in three Beijing parks for demonstrations during the Olympics, an official said, with the Games already a lightning rod for protest over issues ranging from Darfur to Tibet. Designating "protest pens" is in line with practice at past Games because the International Olympic Committee charter prohibits demonstrations or "political, religious or racial propaganda" at Olympic venues or sites.

Visitors to Beijing’s World Park walk across a replica of the Sydney Harbour Bridge situated next a replica of the Sydney Opera House in Beijing July 16, 2008. The park is hoping they will enjoy a large influx of visitors when the estimated 500,000 foreign tourists arrive during the Olympic Games in August.

A general view of "Holland Village" in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province September 8, 2007. "Holland Village" is a place imitating Holland’s architectural style, it occupies 2.2 square km and cost 7 billion yuan (929 million USD) to build. The village contains residential housing, gardens and tourist attractions, local media reported.

A car drives on a roundabout with a windmill in the middle in "Holland Village" in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province September 8, 2007. "Holland Village" is a place imitating Holland’s architectural style, it occupies 2.2 square km and cost 7 billion yuan (929 million USD) to build. The village consists of residential housing, gardens and tourist attractions, local media reported.

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 "Roman Holiday" featuring Italian cluture, architectures, fashion and food from September 10 to October 24. Picture taken September 7, 2004.

 

Not just Suzhou, if you happen to visit China, you’ll be able to see the Eiffel Tower, White House, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and a Holland village in different cities! There is a Sydney Harbour Bridge that was built by the Suzhou Municipal Engineering Design Institute, and not foreign designers or consultants. Most of these ’duplitectures’ have been built to boost tourism in China. Take a look at some of these duplicate structures; it’s amazing how they’re just like the original monuments!