Eiffel Tower replicas and derivatives
As one of the most iconic images in the world, the Eiffel Tower has been the inspiration for the creation of over 30 duplicates and similar towers around the world. Most are not exact replicas, though there are many like it.
Replicas of known height
The Eiffel Tower was an inspiration for the Blackpool Tower in Blackpool, England, which proved that a tower could be a profitable tourist attraction. The Blackpool Tower was originally the idea of the Standard Contract and Debenture Corporation, based in the Isle of Man, who proposed the erection of two towers, one in Blackpool and one in the Isle of Man and sold shares to potential investors, including many prominent Blackpool families. When the corporation got into financial difficultly John Bickerstaffe stopped the scheme from collapsing and ensured the scheme was a success. The Blackpool Tower is not a replica of the Eiffel Tower and differs from the Paris tower in a number of ways it is approximately half the height of the Eiffel Tower (158 m compared to 324 m), it is not freestanding and the base contains buildings which house entertainments including the Tower Circus. It was also designed by the British architects Maxwell and Tuke who designed a number of towers including New Brighton.
Other Eiffel-inspired towers are listed in the table in descending order of scale and height:
| Name | Location | Height | Scale | Coordinates | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watkin's Tower | Wembley, Greater London, UK | 358 m (1,175 ft) planned height | Full scale | 51°33′20″N 0°16′46″W / 51.55556°N 0.27944°W | Never completed: construction began in 1891, demolished in 1907. | ||
| Long Ta Lau Chibai | Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China | 336 m (1,102 ft) | Full scale | 45°44′45.55″N 126°40′28″E / 45.7459861°N 126.67444°E | Communication tower |  | |
| Tokyo Tower | Minato Tokyo, Japan | 332.5 m (1,091 ft) | Full scale | 35°39′31″N 139°44′44″E / 35.65861°N 139.74556°E | The image shows Tokyo Tower about 1960. |  | |
| Nagoya TV Tower | Nagoya, Japan | 180 m (591 ft) | 1:2 scale | 35°10′20″N 136°54′30″E / 35.17222°N 136.90833°E | - |  | |
| New Brighton Tower | New Brighton, Merseyside, UK | 173 m (568 ft) | 1:2 scale | 53°26′12.37″N 3°02′11.03″W / 53.4367694°N 3.0363972°W | Completed by 1900, demolished by 1921 |  | |
| Las Vegas Eiffel Tower | Paris Las Vegas hotel/casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, USA | 165 m (541 ft) | 1:2 scale | 36°6′45″N 115°10′20″W / 36.11250°N 115.17222°W | - |  | |
| Ismaning Radio Tower | Ismaning, Bavaria, Germany | 163 m (535 ft) | 1:2 scale | 48°15′1″N 11°45′0″E / 48.25028°N 11.75000°E | Wooden radio tower used for medium wave broadcasting, demolished in 1983 |  | |
| Funkturm Berlin | Berlin, Germany | 150 m (492 ft) | 1:2 scale | 52°30′18.2″N 13°16′41.45″E / 52.505056°N 13.2781806°E | - |  | |
| The Parisian | Macau, China | 150 m (492 ft) | 1:2 scale | Completed and opened on 13 September 2016 |  | ||
| Eiffel Tower of Window of the World | Shenzhen, China | 108 m (354 ft) | 1:3 scale | 22°32′13.33″N 113°58′9.51″E / 22.5370361°N 113.9693083°E | - |  | |
| Eiffel Tower of Tiandu City Community (also called Tianducheng)[1] | Hangzhou, China | 108 m (354 ft) | 1:3 scale[2][3] | 30°23′6.72″N 120°14′36.60″E / 30.3852000°N 120.2435000°E | - |  | |
| Eiffel Tower | Kings Island Amusement Park, Mason, Ohio, USA | ~101 m (~332 ft) | 1:3 scale | 39°20′36″N 84°16′1″W / 39.34333°N 84.26694°W[4] | - |  | |
| Eiffel Tower | Kings Dominion Amusement Park, Doswell, Virginia, USA | ~101 m (332 ft | 1:3 scale | 37°50′23″N 77°26′43″W / 37.83972°N 77.44528°W | notes |  | |
| Metallic tower of Fourvière | Lyon, France | 85.9 m (282 ft) | 1:4 scale | 45°45′49.57″N 4°49′20.16″E / 45.7637694°N 4.8222667°E | Radio transmitter. Construction began in 1892 as a monument to the Church. |  | |
| Eiffel Tower replica in Bahria Town | Lahore, Pakistan | 80 m (262 ft) | 1:4 scale | 45°45′49.57″N 4°49′20.16″E / 45.7637694°N 4.8222667°E | Constructed in 2014. |  | |
| Torre del Reformador | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 75 m (246 ft) | 1:5 scale | 14°36′46.9″N 90°31′0.49″W / 14.613028°N 90.5168028°W | Erected in 1935 |  | |
| Tsūtenkaku ("Tower Reaching Heaven") | Osaka, Japan | 64 m (210 ft) | 1:6 scale | 34°39′08″N 135°30′22″E / 34.65222°N 135.50611°E | At Luna Park; destroyed by fire 1945, replaced with a different design |  | |
| Petřín Lookout Tower (Petřínská rozhledna) | Prague, Czech Republic | 63.5 m (208 ft) | 1:6 scale | 50°05′0.76″N 14°23′42.18″E / 50.0835444°N 14.3950500°E | Petřínská rozhledna |  | |
| Eiffel tower | Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico | About 58 m (190 ft) | 1:6 scale | 25°32′59.50″N 103°28′44.68″W / 25.5498611°N 103.4790778°W | Torre Eiffel |  | |
| Eiffel Tower | Slobozia, Romania | 54 m (177 ft) | 1:6 scale | 44°33′27″N 27°19′59″E / 44.55750°N 27.33306°E | - |  | |
| Eiffel Tower | Parizh, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia | 50 m (164 ft) | 1:6 scale | 53°17′51.02″N 60°5′59.46″E / 53.2975056°N 60.0998500°E | Built by South Ural Cell Telephone company as a cellphone tower |  | |
| AWA Tower | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 46 m (151 ft) | 1:6 scale | 33°52′1″S 151°12′20″E / 33.86694°S 151.20556°E | Communications | .jpg) | |
| Bordeaux Tower | Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA | About 45 m (148 ft) | 1:6 scale | 35°1′48″N 78°55′50″W / 35.03000°N 78.93056°W | - | ||
| Copenhagen Zoo Tower | Copenhagen, Denmark | 43.5 m (143 ft) | 1:6 scale | 55°40′19.16″N 12°31′24.70″E / 55.6719889°N 12.5235278°E | Wooden structure |  | |
| Tour d'Eiffel de Fes | Fes, Morocco | 39 m (128 ft) | 1:9 scale | - | Built in 2012 to honor the bond between the city of Fes and Paris | ||
| Golden Sands Eiffel Tower | Varna, Bulgaria | 32.4 m (106 ft)) | 1:10 scale (approximately) | 43°17′3.91″N 28°2′39.08″E / 43.2844194°N 28.0441889°E | Built in the resort town as a tourist attraction |  | |
| Eiffel Tower | Parque Europa, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain | 30.4 m (100 ft)[5] | 1:10 scale (approximately) | coord | Completed in 2010; part of an $18m replica theme park.[6] | .jpg) | |
| Eiffel Tower | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Approximately 30 m (98 ft) | 1:10 scale | 39°23′37″N 66°32′34″E / 39.393596°N 66.542739°E | Soghdiana Park. | ||
| Eiffel Tower | EPCOT theme park, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA | 23 m (76 ft) | 1:14 scale 1:10)[7] | 28°22′6.86″N 81°33′11.89″W / 28.3685722°N 81.5533028°W | - |  | |
| Paris, Texas Eiffel Tower | Paris, Texas, USA | 20 m (66 ft) | 1:16 scale | 33°38′23.52″N 95°31′25.92″W / 33.6398667°N 95.5238667°W | - |  | |
| Eiffel Tower (Paris, Tennessee) | Paris, Tennessee, USA | about 60 feet (18 m) tall. | 1:20 scale | 36°17′12.94″N 88°18′5.41″W / 36.2869278°N 88.3015028°W | - |  | |
| Filiatra Eiffel Tower | Filiatra, Messinia, Greece | 18 m model | 1:18 scale | 37°09′44″N 21°34′59″E / 37.1621591°N 21.5829313°E | at the entrance of the village[8][9] |  | |
| Europe Eiffel Tower | Mini-Europe, Brussels, Belgium | 12.96 m model | 1:25 scale | 50°53′39.44″N 4°20′21.16″E / 50.8942889°N 4.3392111°E | notes |  | |
| Kabardinka Eiffel Tower | Kabardinka, Russia | 12 metres | 1:25 scale | 44°38′59″N 37°55′54″E / 44.6497327°N 37.9316336°E | Built in 2014 in the resort town as a tourist attraction[10] | ||
| Kota Eiffel Tower | Rajasthan, India | 12 metres | 1:25 scale | 25°10′50″N 75°50′47″W / 25.180476°N 75.846518°W | - |  | |
| Eiffel Tower | Tochigi Prefecture, Japan | 12 metres | 1:25 scale | - | At Tobu World Square, Tochigi Prefecture Japan. The park is notable in that it also has a replica of the Tokyo Tower, see above. |  | |
| Brisbane Eiffel Tower | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Roughly 12 m (39 ft) tall | 1:25 scale | 27°28′14″S 153°00′17″E / 27.470686°S 153.004690°E | Landmark among the sidewalk tables of La Dolce Vita café (formerly Rue De Paris Café) on Park Rd, Milton which ironically offers Italian cuisine | ||
| Minimundus | Klagenfurt, Austria | 1:25 scale | 46°37′11″N 14°15′52″E / 46.61972°N 14.26444°E | Part of a miniature park[11] | |||
| Bauru Eiffel Tower | Bauru, Brazil | Roughly 10 m (33 ft) tall | 1:25 scale | 22°19′31″S 49°05′33″W / 22.32515°S 49.0923627°W | Built in 1978 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Bauru School of Law at the Instituição Toledo de Ensino.[12] | ||
| Meccano model | SciTrek technology museum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 11 m (36 ft)[13] | 1:30 scale | loc | No longer exists; museum closed in 2004. | ||
| Montmartre Eiffel Tower | Montmartre, Saskatchewan, Canada | 8.5 metres | 1:40 scale | 50°13′16″N 103°26′55″W / 50.221147°N 103.448703°W | Erected in 2009. Settled by French immigrants, the community calls itself "Paris of the Prairies".[14] | ||
| Dreyfus Eiffel Tower | Austin, Texas, USA | 7.5 m (25 ft) | 1:45 scale | 30°17′02″N 97°45′06″W / 30.283898°N 97.751773°W | At the Dreyfus Antique Shop | ||
| Santos Dumont Eiffel Tower Replica | Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 7 metres | 1:50 scale | - | Built in 2001 to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the flight of Alberto Santos Dumont around the Eiffel Tower. Santos Dumont is now the name of his birthplace in Brazil. It was formerly known as Palmira. | ||
| Uman Eiffel Tower | Uman, Ukraine | 3.25 metres | 1:100 scale | 48°45′0″N 30°13′10″E / 48.75000°N 30.21944°E | Situated in a central park | ||
| Eiffel Tower of Nikitin's Gymnasium | Voronezh, Russia | 3.24 metres[15] | 1:100 scale | 51°41′28″N 39°11′02″E / 51.6912261°N 39.1837692°E | Situated in the park of Nikitin's Gymnasium |  | |
| Paris, Michigan Eiffel Tower | Paris, Michigan, USA | approximately 3 m (10 ft) | 1:110 scale | 43°47′18″N 85°30′02″W / 43.788287°N 85.500514°W | Situated in a park | ||
| Eiffel Tower | Baku, Azerbaijan | Approximately 3 m (10 ft) | 1:110 scale | 40°22′19″N 49°50′40″E / 40.371932°N 49.844419°E | Sahil Shopping Center, at "Parfums de France" shop. |
Replicas of unknown height
- On the roof of the catering company Rungis Express in Meckenheim 50°38′34.13″N 7°01′14.02″E / 50.6428139°N 7.0205611°E and Satteldorf 49°10′56.0″N 10°04′28.9″E / 49.182222°N 10.074694°E, Germany
- Centerpiece of the Falconcity of Wonders — a planned new development project in Dubai, UAE, featuring seven modern wonders of the world (planned).[16] 25°5′43.8″N 55°20′31.5″E / 25.095500°N 55.342083°E (approximate coordinates)
- Inwałd Miniature Park, Inwałd, Poland
- Model in the Grüner Ring a park in central, Hamburg, Germany
- Model in the First World Plaza shopping mall in Genting Highlands, Malaysia[17]
- Aktau, Kazakhstan — model at the front of the office of Oil Construction Company
- Satteldorf near Crailsheim, Germany. On the top of a company building 49°10′55.84″N 10°04′29.41″E / 49.1821778°N 10.0748361°E
- Apach, France, on the border with Germany and near the border with Luxembourg 49°27′59″N 06°22′18″E / 49.46639°N 6.37167°E
- Da Lat, Vietnam. Designed to be used as Viettel telecommunications tower11°56′14.12″N 108°26′18.58″E / 11.9372556°N 108.4384944°E
- Bloemfontein, South Africa, in an industrial area next to Batho suburb. 29°08′48″S 26°13′01″E / 29.1467°S 26.2169°E
- Barra World Shopping & Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Model in Minimundus, a miniature park in Klagenfurt, Austria (1:25 scale)
- Model around 2 metres high in Breil, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - model about 3 metres high outside pet store
- Almaty, Kazakhstan - model, about 10 metres tall, outside French goods store on Furmanov Street.
- Stellenbosch, South Africa - model, about 9 metres tall, inside Dagbreek residence on Victoria Street.
- Pretoria, South Africa - model, about 6 metres tall, inside Boekenhout residence.
- Guadalajara, Mexico - About 20 metres tall, on a church-explanade, on peripheral-street, at the margin of Barranca de Oblatos.
- Model next to the Napa County, California Superior Courthouse) in Napa, California, USA, built in France.[18]
- Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
- Sainshand, Mongolia. Painted pink, in the town center 44°53′31.52″N 110°8′19.05″E / 44.8920889°N 110.1386250°E.
- Yushan, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China - in a park containing replicas of other world wonders.
- Hartebeespoort, South Africa - At French Toast restaurant. http://frenchtoastharties.co.za/gallery/
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the Devenshire Apartment Complex, which occupies the site of the former International Village tourist attraction. 39°45′48″N 77°16′03″W / 39.7633038°N 77.2674908°W
- Queens, New York, on the roof of Paris Suites Hotel. Visible from adjacent Long Island Expressway 40°44′18″N 73°51′02″W / 40.738297°N 73.85049°W
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These replicas are of unknown height.
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References
- ↑ Badkar, Matma (2 August 2013). "China Tried To Build A City To Replicate Paris ... And Here's What It Looks Like Now". Business Insider. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ↑ "Reuters.com". Reuters.com. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
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- ↑ "KI Mobile". Visitkingsisland.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ↑ Parque Europa
- ↑ Lauren Frayer, "As Europe Goes, So Go Its Fake Monuments", NPR, June 2, 2012
- ↑ Disney's official French Pavilion page — lists the Eiffel Tower as approximately 1/10 the height of the original.
- ↑ "Tower model at Filiatra". Users.mes.sch.gr. 2001-03-22. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ↑ Photograph of Filiatra tower Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Kabardinka builds own Eiffel Tower (in Russian)
- ↑ Minimundus map, accessed on line Oct. 8, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.jcnet.com.br/editorias_noticias.php?codigo=188977&ano=2010
- ↑ "Eiffel Tower". Dalefield.com. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ↑ White, Patrick (July 7, 2009). "We'll always have Paris, even in Saskatchewan". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ↑ В Воронеже возникла своя Эйфелева башня // Аргументы и факты
- ↑ ":: Falconcity of Wonders (L.L.C) ::". Falconcity.com. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ↑ First World Plaza. Retrieved on 2008-09-13
- ↑ Napa Courthouse Flag Staff .
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