The Original

Just so we don't forget what the original looks like....

Replicas

Australia
-- Brisbane, Queensland
-- Sydney, New South Wales
Austria
-- Klagenfurt
Azerbaidjan
Belgium
-- Brussels
Bolivia
-- Sucre
Brazil
-- Bauru
-- Brasilia
-- Br 272 Estância Paris, Umuarama, State of Parana
-- Rio Claro
-- Rio de Janeiro
-- Santos Dumont (formerly Palmira)
Bulgaria
-- Sofia
Canada
-- Montmartre
China
-- Hangzhou, Tianducheng District
-- Harbin
-- Shenzhen
-- ZhuoZhou, Hebei Province
Columbia
Czech Republic
-- Prague
Denmark
Ecuador
-- Quito
Estonia
-- Hiiumaa
France
-- Alsace
-- Lyon
Germany
-- Berlin
Greece
-- Filiatra
Guatemala
-- Guatemala City
Honduras
-- Tegucilgapa
India
-- Calcutta
-- Chandigarh City
-- Kota, Rajasthan
Japan
-- Nagoya
-- Tobu World Square, Tochigi Prefecture
-- Tokyo
Kazakhstan
-- Almaty
Kyrgyzstan
-- Bishkek
Latvia
-- Riga
Lebanon
-- Blue Helm Camp
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
-- Gomez Palacio, Durango
Morocco
-- Fes
Netherlands
-- Friesland
Pakistan
-- Lahore
Phillippines
-- Boracay
-- Megamall
Portugal
-- Leiria
Romania
-- Slobozia
Russia
-- Parizh
Spain
-- Monte Gorbia
Switzerland
-- Eschenberg
Thailand
-- Pattaya Mini Siam Park
-- Udonthani
Ukraine
-- Kharkiv
-- Kiev
United Arab Emirates
-- Dubai
United Kingdom
-- Blackpool, England
United States
-- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
-- Austin, Texas, USA
-- Boise, Idaho, USA
-- Doswell, Virginia, USA
-- Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
-- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
-- Mason, Ohio, USA
-- New York City, Queens, New York, USA
-- Orlando, Florida, USA
-- Paris, Michigan, USA
-- Paris, Tennessee, USA
-- Paris, Texas, USA
-- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
-- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Viet Nam
-- Dalat

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Australia

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

 




It used to sit above the café "Rue de Paris" in the Milton area, but it is now the "La Dolce Vita Ristorante".  This tower was completed on December 8, 2013.  The address is 20 Park Rd, Milton QLD 4064.  Phone is +61733681191.  Also, it is 3 blocks from the Milton train station and is in the middle of a good restaurant area..

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

  in 1939

in October of 1938


Craig Siczak photo, via Wikipedia.
This replica sits on top of the AWA Tower, located at 45-47 York Street in the CBD.  It was built in 1939.  The tower is 46 metres (151 ft) high atop a 55-metre (180 ft) high building.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_Tower

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Austria

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Klagenfurt, Austria.


Located in Minimundus Park in Klagenfurt, this copy stands 40ft tall (12m) and enjoys good company in the park with a whole host of other replicas of famous locations from around the world.  The copy is a very accurate rendition of the original.

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Belgium

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Brussels, Belgium.


This guy stands 42ft tall (13m), and is one of some 350 monuments from all over the world in a "miniature park" called Mini-Europe.

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Bolivia

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Sucre, Bolivia.


Built 20 years after the original, it is supposedly designed by Eiffel himself, having designed several buildings in town including the train station, photo by Robert Cutts, tower about 75 feet tall judging by the man standing on the top.

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Brazil

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Bauru, Brazil.


Unknown height

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Brasilia, Brazil.


Leandro Ciuffo photo. It is about 1212ft tall (369m) tall, the viewing platform at 74m (243ft).

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Br 272 Estância Paris, Umuarama, State of Parana 87507-000, Brazil.


Very well done & accurate except for the top! :-)
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1936447-d8857579-i238751440-Eiffel_Tower_Replica-Umuarama_State_of_Parana.html

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Rio Claro, Brazil.


This one is about 20m (66ft) tall

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


It is in front of Barra World Shopping and Park (a shopping center).

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Santos Dumont (formerly Palmira), Brazil.


This replica is 23ft (7m) tall (1/50th scale)

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Bulgaria

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Sofia, Bulgaria.

photo: Petar Petrov/Getty
Located in an area called "Little Paris", this one stands about 105 feet tall (32m), and has a small restaurant on the viewing deck.

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Canada

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Montmartre, Canada.



I'm not quite sure this is a perfect replica, however.

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China

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Hangzhou, China, Tianducheng District (a Parisian Haussmann neighborhood)

 

looks like this picture was taken before the rest of town was built. Top left photo: Francois Prost
Hanzhou is 200 kilometers southwest of Shanghai.  This Eiffel Tower is 355 feet tall (108m)!
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/chinas-fake-european-cities-have-been-transformed-into-something-much-more-interesting.html

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Harbin, China.


Nicknamed the Dragon Tower, it is a TV tower that stands 1100ft (336m) tall!

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Shenzhen, China.

 
left photo: Francois Bougon/AFP/Getty
This replica is in a theme park along with a Taj Mahal and Great Pyramid.  It's 355ft (108m) tall.

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ZhuoZhou, China, Hebei Province.


It was completed on 2002, and is about 1/10 scale, which puts it at about 110ft (33m).

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Czech Republic

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Prague, Czech Republic.

 
Called the Petrin Lookout Tower, it was built 2 years after the original in 1891.  It is 208ft tall (63.5m), with 299 steps to get to the top.

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Ecuador

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Quito, Ecuador.


Located in front of the French school "La Condamine", in the capitol city of Quito. It is 5m (~17ft) tall.

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Estonia

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Hiiumaa, Estonia.


On the island of Hiiumaa, this small replica is built from ratan, and was built by Jaan Alliksoo.  It's kinda cool, and it's a good thing mine isn't on this list, for the guy doing the Wonders-of-the-World website would tear mine up! :-)  :-)

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France

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Alsace, France.


This copy is known as the Belvedere Tower. It is 638ft tall (194m) and was built in 1997 - it is France's tallest radio tower. Photo by Wladyslaw.

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Lyon, France.

photo: Marco Saracco/Getty
Located about 290 miles southeast of Paris, this replica was completed in 1894.  It is known as the Metallic Tower of Fourvière.

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Germany

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Berlin, Germany.

photo: Anke Rabener/EyeEm/Getty
It is 490ft tall (150m), and is mounted on insulators since it was used as a medium wave radio antenna, but since grounded as not to "shock" visitors.  It has a restaurant at 170ft (52m) and a viewing deck at 410ft (125m).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Radio_Tower

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Greece

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Filiatra, Greece.

photo: Aris Messinis/Getty
This replica is 85 feet tall (25.9m).  It was designed by the Greek doctor and sculptor Harris Fournarakis.

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Guatemala

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Guatemala City, Guatemala.

photo: Benkrut/Getty
Located in the capitol of Guatamala, it was built in 1935 and stands 236ft high (71.9m).  It is AKA the Torre del Reformador.

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Honduras

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Tegucilgapa, Honduras.


Located in the capitol of Honduras, in Los Dolores Square. it is 6m (20ft) tall, and was given to the town by the French, via the embassy, in honor of the 221 years of the French Revolution.

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India

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Calcutta, India.


It Stands 100ft (30m) high.

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Chandigarh City, India.


Built in 2010, this copy is about 40ft (12m) high.

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Kota, Rajasthan, India.


At 40ft (12m) high, the scale is approx 1:20.

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Japan

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Nagoya, Japan.

photo: Benjamin Hollis (creative commons)
Standing 590ft (180m) tall, it is Japan's oldest TV tower.  The tower was bombed in the 1992 movie Godzilla.

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Tobu World Square, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.


It is only 39ft (12m) tall, but is a true replica, detailing the smallest of details.  The park contains 42 monuments, all to the same scale.

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Tokyo, Japan - the Tokyo Tower

GPS Coordinates: 35.3931, 139.4444
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower
Construction: JUN57-23DEC58
Height: 333m (1,093 ft)
Top Floor/Observatory: 249.6 m (819 ft)
Floors: 16+
Elevators: 4
Beautiful recreation with Mount Fuji in the background!

 





photo: Somchaij/Getty

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Kazakhstan

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Almaty, Kazakhstan.


This replica stands in front of a French goods store on Furmanov Street (the Parisian House of Fashion) in the capitol town of Almaty.  It stands 66ft (20m) tall and is a fairly well detailed model of the original.

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Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic)

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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.


This little fella stands in front of the French Consulate in Bishkek.  It's about 9ft (3m) tall and is a fairly well detailed model of the original.

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Latvia

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Riga, Latvia.


At 369 meters tall, it is the tallest free standing radio tower in the EU. Photo by riclib.

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Lebanon

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Blue Helm Camp, Lebanon.


This replica was installed during the war in July 2006, near the Israeli border.  It symbolizes the European intervention in this region of the World.

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Mexico

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Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.

 
left photo: Enrique Terrazas/AFP/Getty
It's about 1/6 the size of the real one, which puts it at 190 (58m) feet tall.  It was donated by the town's French community, and up to 16 people can stand on the first level viewing deck.

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Morocco

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Fes, Morocco.

photo: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty

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Netherlands

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Friesland, Netherlands.


This replica is located in the Netherlands in the city of Friesland, in front of a Renault car dealership.

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Pakistan

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Lahore, Pakistan.

photo: Naqsh/Getty

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Philippines

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Boracay, Philippines.






At a restaurant on Boracay Island, "La Réserve", this cute little thing is around 3m high, about 9ft. The restaurant is owned by a Frenchman.
The hotel's address is: 2 Station Boracay Island, Malay, 5608 Aklan, Philippines.  I thought the restaurant would have shown up on the Google map....
http://boracay-adventure.blogspot.com/p/usefull-info-when-in-boracay.html

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Manilla Megamall, Philippines.


Located in the Megamall in Manila, or more correctly, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, part of the Manila metro area.  The tower stands 15m tall (49ft).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_Megamall

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Portugal

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Leiria, Portugal.

 

 
Don't know much about this replica, except that it sits alongside Rua de Bajouca next to a small local museum near Monte Redondo.  It's 4800ft (1.4Km) from the exit off Autoestrada de Litoral Centro (A17? or IC1?).  For the most part, it seems to be pretty well done.  I wish the pictures were better, darn.
GPS Coordinates: 39.53670, -08.49660 (at least on Google maps, those numbers put us in the middle of a field no-where near the tower....)
GPS Coordinates (using Google Maps): 39.89452, -8.82767
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA3NN_Torre_Eiffel_em_Portugal

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Romania

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Slobozia, Romania.

 
left photo: Laurentiu Garofeanu/Barcroft Media/Getty
Built by a Romanian billionaire, it's about 177 (53.9m) feet tall... very cool!

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Russia

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Parizh, Russia.

 
It is a cellphone tower, built in 2005.

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Spain

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Monte Gorbea, Northern Spain.


Built in 1994.

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Switzerland

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Eschenberg, Switzerland.

No Picture available, yet.....
Located in a small town near Winterhow, the tower was 33m tall, and was put up on July 31, 1889.  Don't know when, but it was taken down.  There is an look-out/observation tower in town (above), but it does not resemble the Eiffel Tower.  The old Eiffel Tower may have been in the same spot owing to the beautiful view from the top!

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Thailand

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Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand -- Parc Mini Siam.

 



 
This replica is located in the theme park "Mini Europe Zone", which has 100 replicas of a variety of monuments and attractions from around the world together with the Mini Siam Zone.  They are all done at the scale of 1:25.  Judging from the aerial view, the Eiffel Tower is one of the first monuments you come across.  The park is located 143 km (about 90 miles) from Bangkok on Sukhumvit Road, opposite the Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital.  Tel: +66 (0) 38 727 333, +66 (0) 38 727 666.
GPS Coordinates: 12.95467, 100.90964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Siam
http://www.bangkok.com/pattaya/attractions/mini-siam.htm
https://www.klook.com/en-US/activity/1110-mini-siam-pattaya/

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Udonthani, Thailand.


Quite an original method of replicating the Eiffel Tower, this one is made of printed fabric over a metal frame outside a shopping center.

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Ukraine

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Kharkiv, Ukraine.

 


This well-done replica tower on the south side of town at the French Boulevard Mall near the Café de Paris.
Akademika Pavlova prov. 44B, Kharkiv 61161, Ukraine.
GPS Coordinates: 49.98991, 36.28881
https://www.inspirock.com/ukraine/kharkiv/french-boulevard-mall-a1305045951
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g295369-d8027489-Reviews-French_Boulevard_Mall-Kharkiv_Kharkiv_Oblast.html

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Kiev, Ukraine.

   


I was looking for info on the copy in Kharkiv, and found this one.  Located in the southern part of Kiev, the territory of the new residential complex “French Quarter”. The tower has a height of 16 meters (about 53 feet).
GPS Coordinates: 50.41769, 30.52901
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g294474-d13290024-Reviews-Kiev_s_Eiffel_Tower-Kyiv_Kiev.html

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United Arab Emirates

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Dubai, UAE.


Located in the Miracle Garden in Dubai.

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Dubai, UAE (proposed).


"They" are planning on building another replica.....

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United Kingdom

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Blackpool, England.


Opened in 1894, the tower stands 518.4ft tall (158m).
It is located on England's Irish Sea coast, and is one of the oldest towers inspired by the original Eiffel Tower.  It sits on top of buildings that were constructed as a tourist attraction.

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United States

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Atlanta, Georgia, USA.


This replica was was assembled at the Technology Museum of Georgia in 1990, but in 2004, the park was closed and the structure taken down.  It is 38ft tall (11.5m).  Supposedly, it required 15,672 pieces, 29,880 bolts and 826 hours of work.  I wonder where the pieces are now, if they are even still around - I will buy it!

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Austin, Texas, USA.

 


Nicknamed the "Dreyfus Eiffel Tower" because it was at the Dreyfus antique store at 1901 North Lamar Blvd.  Looking at Google and Bing's Streetview, it appears that this one is now gone too!  It stood 25ft tall (7.5m).

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Boise, Idaho, USA.




This fellow was less than two meters tall, however, the restaurant is gone, and so is this model.

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Doswell, Virginia, USA.

photo: Todd Sestero DEC2020
Located at the Kings Dominion Amusement Park just north of Richmond VA, this tower is a duplicate of the one in Kings Island in Ohio.  It's 331ft (101m) tall, and was built in 1975.

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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.


In the Bordeaux Shopping Center, it is 59ft tall (18m).

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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

GPS Coordinates: 36.11247, -115.17211
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Las_Vegas
It's height is 540ft (164.6 m) (half size) and opened opened in 1SEP99. It is part of the Paris Las Vegas Casino and Hotel. Tickets are $10-$14.
It is the most accurate replica of the original, and is half size.

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Mason, Ohio, USA.

photo: Armanaziz, creative commons.
Located at the Kings Island Amusement Park, it has a twin at Kings Dominion in Doswell Virginia, and is the same height at 101m.

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New York City, New York, USA.





 
In the Queens borough of New York City, along the Long Island Expressway, used to be another small version of the Eiffel Tower, however, as Google's cameras came thru in 2019, it was no longer perched on top of the hotel.  In 2019, it looks like the hotel was going thru a major renovation, and as part of it, they made a larger replica of the Eiffel Tower in the middle of the building!
GPS Coordinates: 40.73838, -73.85055
109-17 Horace Harding Expressway, Corona, NY 11368..... doesn't look like a great place to stay, however, from the TripAdvisor comments
https://untappedcities.com/2014/03/06/daily-what-theres-an-eiffel-tower-in-nyc/

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Orlando, Florida, USA.


Disney's version of the Eiffel Tower at Epcot Center.  Built in 1982, it is 102 feet tall (31.4m).  Decent pictures are elusive for some reason.....

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Paris, Michigan, USA.

 




GPS Coordinates: 43.78819, -85.50053.  This one is about 7mi north of Big Rapids MI, 33mi south of Cadillac MI, and about 68mi south of Traverse City MI.  It is made out of old metal bed parts and is 20ft (6m) tall.

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Paris, Tennessee, USA.


It is 59ft tall (18m).

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Paris, Texas, USA.

photo: Amy Peterson/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Getty
And yes, that is a cowboy hat on top of this replica built in 1993.  66ft tall (20m), it beat out the one in Tennessee when they added the hat! :-)

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Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

 


GPS Coordinates: 35.89493, -78.62060.  At the corner of Falls of Neuse Road and Walton Commons Drive at the Lafayette Shopping Mall.  Accurate and well proportioned replica.

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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.


Standing only 5ft (1.5m) high, it is a tribute to Françoise Bernhard, founder of the French Circle and the Alliance française in SLC.

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Viet Nam

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DaLat, Viet Nam.

 
Used as a communications tower.  It is in an area that was used by the French working in Ho Chi Minh City as an retreat/escape, so much of the area looks like rural France, including the railroad station.

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Models of the Eiffel Tower

These are all great!  If you are one of these guys, please let me know who you are, and if anyone else wants to have their model displayed, please send your picture to me, contact info is below.  I can't imagine how much work it was to design the thing and generate to files to 3D print that model, phew!

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My Lame Christmas Version of the Eiffel Tower

For Christmas of 2019, I was wondering what I could do "different" for Christmas.  I usually have my yard lit up with Christmas lights, not on the scale of the stuff you see on TV, but I still usually go and do more than anyone else in the neighborhood.  Because of other things going on, I didn't have time this year, so I was looking for something quick to do.  I had a backyard full of bamboo from cutting down a crop of about 2,000 square feet of the stuff, so something hit me and I decided to make a 25 foot tall bamboo Eiffel Tower in two days.  Sorry about the ladder I left inside.... It was built in two sections, with the top being light enough (just barely) to lift up by one person and place on top.

I want to make a 50 footer for 2021, we'll see if it gets done, and if the county doesn't get a hair up their but.

 



 

If you want to make your own copy of the Eiffel Tower, you can start off with the drawing below.  It's featured on the main page too.

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