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Some of the world's leading architects are up in arms as yet more copies
of famous Western buildings spring up across in China at an
unprecedented rate. Famous clones have already included the Ronchamp
Chapel in France, the Eiffel Tower in Paris - and the entire town of
Hallstatt in Austria.
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London Tower Bridge - A lookalike of London's Tower Bridge is seen in
Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China.
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The Parthenon - People walk out of a
replica of the Parthenon at a theme park in Lanzhou, Gansu Province.
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Hallstatt village - A construction worker walks with a ladder in the
replica village of Austria's UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt, in China's
southern city of Huizhou, in Guangdong province.
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Eiffel Tower - Residents ride a bicycle past a replica of the Eiffel
Tower built next to a residential complex in Yantai, Shandong province.
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Colosseum - A replica of the Roman Colosseum in Macau.
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White House - A visitor takes photographs of a replica of the White
House at Beijing World Park.
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Florentia Village - A canal flows through the center of the Florentia
Village, located on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin. 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 $220 million
and copies old Italian-style architecture with Florentine arcades, a
grand canal, bridges, and a building that resembles a Roman Colloseum.
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Leaning Tower of Pisa - A Chinese worker walks past a replica of the
Leaning Tower of Pisa in Shanghai.
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Sydney
Harbour Bridge - 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.
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Karnak Temple - A visitor takes a photograph of a carved structure, a
replica of the Karnak Temple in Egypt, at the abandoned Wanguo park in
Wuhan, Hubei province. The park was abandoned during the course of
construction, according to local media.
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Kremlin - A government building housing several departments including
the Mentougou Weather Bureau in Beijing. Local residents say the
building resembles Moscow's Kremlin.
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Moai statues - Replicas of the Moai statues on Easter Island, at a
business district in Beijing. |