Eiffel Tower replicas and derivatives
As one of the most iconic and recognisable structures in the world, the Eiffel Tower, completed in 1889, has been the inspiration for the creation of over 50 similar towers around the world. Most are not exact replicas, though there are many that resemble it closely, while others look slightly different. The Eiffel Tower has also inspired other towers that are not close resembling replicas and therefore not listed here. An example of this is the Blackpool Tower on England's Irish Sea coast, one of the oldest towers inspired by Eiffel that opened in 1894, 5 years later, which proved that a tower could be a profitable tourist attraction. Not a true replica, the Blackpool tower differs from the Paris one in a number of ways: it is approximately half the height of the Eiffel (158 m [518.4 ft] compared to 324 m [1,063 ft]), it is not freestanding as well as the fact that the base contains a row of buildings that are home to its many attractions.
Replicas of known height
Other Eiffel-inspired towers are listed in the table in descending order of scale and height, imperial measurements rounded to nearest foot:
Name | Country | Location | Height | Scale | Coordinates | Notes | Image |
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Watkin's Tower | United Kingdom | Wembley, Greater London | 358 m (1,175 ft) planned height | Full scale | 51°33′20″N 0°16′46″W | Never completed: construction began in 1891, demolished in 1907. | |
Dragon Tower | China | Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, | 336 m (1,102 ft) | Full scale | 45°44′45.55″N 126°40′28″E | Communication tower | |
Tokyo Tower | Japan | Minato Tokyo | 332.5 m (1,091 ft) | Full scale | 35°39′31″N 139°44′44″E | The image shows Tokyo Tower in 2016. | |
Nagoya TV Tower | Japan | Nagoya | 180 m (591 ft) | 1:2 scale | 35°10′20″N 136°54′30″E | Though principally a communications tower, it also features two restaurants and an open-air observation deck; completed in 1954 | |
New Brighton Tower | United Kingdom | New Brighton, Merseyside | 173 m (568 ft) | 1:2 scale | 53°26′12.37″N 3°02′11.03″W | Completed by 1900, demolished by 1921 | |
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower | United States | Las Vegas, Nevada | 164.6 m (540 ft) | 1:2 scale | 36°6′45″N 115°10′20″W | Paris Las Vegas hotel/casino on the Las Vegas Strip | |
Ismaning Radio Tower | Germany | Ismaning, Bavaria | 163 m (535 ft) | 1:2 scale | 48°15′1″N 11°45′0″E | Wooden radio tower used for medium wave broadcasting. Demolished in 1983 | |
Funkturm Berlin | Germany | Berlin | 150 m (492 ft) | 1:2 scale | 52°30′18.2″N 13°16′41.45″E | Broadcasting tower built 1924 and 1926, no longer functions as such; civic landmark featuring restaurant and observation deck | |
The Parisian | Macau | Cotai Strip | 150 m (492 ft) | 1:2 scale | 22.14364°N 113.56283°E | Completed and opened on 13 September 2016 | |
Eiffel Tower | China | Shenzhen | 108 m (354 ft) | 1:3 scale | 22°32′13.33″N 113°58′9.51″E | Dominant structure at Window of the World, a collection of nearly 130 reproductions of famous tourist attractions, opened 1993 | |
Eiffel Tower of Tiandu City Community | China | Hangzhou | 108 m (354 ft) | 1:3 scale[1][2] | 30°23′6.72″N 120°14′36.60″E | Central feature of Tianducheng (Sky City), a Paris-themed housing development, home to some 50,000 people[3] | |
Eiffel Tower | United States | Mason, Ohio | 101 m (332 ft) (approximately) | 1:3 scale | 39°20′36″N 84°16′1″W[4] | Kings Island Amusement Park | |
Eiffel Tower | United States | Doswell, Virginia | 101 m (332 ft) (approximately) | 1:3 scale | 37°50′23″N 77°26′43″W | Kings Dominion Amusement Park | |
Metallic tower of Fourvière | France | Lyon | 85.9 m (282 ft) | 1:4 scale | 45°45′49.57″N 4°49′20.16″E | Built between 1892 and 1894 as observation tower; now used solely for communications. | |
Eiffel Tower replica in Bahria Town | Pakistan | Bahria, Lahore | 80 m (262 ft) | 1:4 scale | 31.355786°N 74.184798°E | Constructed in 2014 as a focal point for a housing estate | |
Torre del Reformador | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 75 m (246 ft) | 1:5 scale | 14°36′46.9″N 90°31′0.49″W | Erected in 1935 | |
Tsūtenkaku ("Tower Reaching Heaven") | Japan | Osaka | 64 m (210 ft) | 1:6 scale | 34°39′08″N 135°30′22″E | At Luna Park; destroyed by fire 1945, replaced with a different design | |
Petřín Lookout Tower (Petřínská rozhledna) | Czech Republic | Prague | 63.5 m (208 ft) | 1:6 scale | 50°05′0.76″N 14°23′42.18″E | Built in 1891 as an observation tower with octagonal plan; now also used for communications. | |
Torre Eiffel | Mexico | Gomez Palacio, Durango | 58 m (190 ft) (approximately) | 1:6 scale | 25°32′59.50″N 103°28′44.68″W | Donated by the French-speaking community of Gomez Palacio in 2007 | |
Eiffel Tower | Romania | Slobozia | 54 m (177 ft) | 1:6 scale | 44°33′27″N 27°19′59″E | Erected as part of a private tourist complex | |
Eiffel Tower | Russia | Parizh, Chelyabinsk Oblast | 50 m (164 ft) | 1:6 scale | 53°17′51.02″N 60°5′59.46″E | Built by South Ural Cell Telephone company as a cellphone tower | |
AWA Tower | Australia | Sydney, New South Wales | 46 m (151 ft) | 1:6 scale | 33°52′1″S 151°12′20″E | Communications tower sits atop 12-story building, completed in 1939 | |
Bordeaux Tower | United States | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 45 m (148 ft) (approximately) | 1:6 scale | 35°1′48″N 78°55′50″W | Built as part of a shopping center | |
Copenhagen Zoo Tower | Denmark | Copenhagen | 43.5 m (143 ft) | 1:6 scale | 55°40′19.16″N 12°31′24.70″E | Built in 1905, it is one of the world's tallest observation towers built of wood | |
Tour d'Eiffel de Fes | Morocco | Fez | 39 m (128 ft) | 1:9 scale | Built in 2012 to honor the bond between the city of Fes and Paris | ||
Bamboo Eiffel Tower | Indonesia | Tasikmalaya Regency, | ±36 m | Bamboo structure, in honor of the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina; designed by A. H. van Bebber | |||
Eiffel tower | Ukraine | Kharkiv | 35 m (115 ft) | 1:9 scale (approximately) | 49°59′23.91″N 36°17′21.91″E | Associated with a French-themed shopping mall. | |
Golden Sands Eiffel Tower | Bulgaria | Varna | 32.4 m (106 ft) | 1:10 scale (approximately) | 43°17′3.91″N 28°2′39.08″E | Built in the resort town as a tourist attraction | |
Eiffel Tower | Spain | Parque Europa, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid | 30.4 m (100 ft)[5] | 1:10 scale (approximately) | Completed in 2010; part of an $18m replica theme park.[6] | ||
Eiffel Tower | Uzbekistan | Samarkand | 30 m (98 ft) (approximately) | 1:10 scale | 39.393596°N 66.542739°E | Soghdiana Park. | |
Eiffel Tower | United States | Epcot theme park, Lake Buena Vista, Florida | 23 m (76 ft) | 1:14 scale 1:10)[7] | 28°22′6.86″N 81°33′11.89″W | Part of the France Pavilion at Epcot, Walt Disney World; opened in 1982 | |
Monte Amiata Summit Cross | Italy | Amiata | 22 m (72 ft) | 42°53′16.59″N 11°37′30.08″E | Summit cross | ||
Paris, Texas Eiffel Tower | United States | Paris, Texas | 20 m (66 ft) | 1:16 scale | 33°38′23.52″N 95°31′25.92″W | Tower constructed in 1993; the hat was added in 1998 | |
Eiffel Tower (Paris, Tennessee) | United States | Paris, Tennessee | 18.25 m (60 ft) (approximately) | 1:20 scale | 36°17′12.94″N 88°18′5.41″W | Dedicated on 29 January 1993 | |
Filiatra Eiffel Tower | Greece | Filiatra, Messinia | 18 m model (59 ft) | 1:18 scale | 37.1621591°N 21.5829313°E | At the entrance of the village,[8][9] donated in 1960 by doctor Charalambos Fournarakis[10] | |
Kyiv's Eiffel Tower | Ukraine | Kyiv | 16 m (52 ft) | 1:20 scale | 50.417645°N 30.529050°E | Built as a part of residential complex "French quartal" in 2015 | |
Krasnoyarsk Eiffel Tower | Russia | Krasnoyarsk | 14.8 m (49 ft) | 1:22 scale | 56.038056°N 92.911944°E | ||
MSOE Eiffel Tower | United States | Milwaukee | 13 m (43 ft) | 1:25 scale | Temporary model designed and erected by MSOE students for the annual Bastille Days festival in Cathedral Square Park for four days every July | ||
Europe Eiffel Tower | Belgium | Brussels | 12.96 m (43 ft) model | 1:25 scale | 50°53′39.44″N 4°20′21.16″E | Mini-Europe | |
Kabardinka Eiffel Tower | Russia | Kabardinka | 12 m (39 ft) | 1:25 scale | 44.6497327°N 37.9316336°E | Built in 2014 in the resort town as a tourist attraction[11] | |
Kota Eiffel Tower | India | Kota, Rajasthan | 12 m (39 ft) | 1:25 scale | 25.180476°N 75.846518°E | Feature of Seven Wonders Park, Kota | |
Eiffel Tower | Japan | Tochigi Prefecture | 12 m (39 ft) | 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 | Australia | Brisbane, Queensland | 12 m (39 ft) (approximately) | 1:25 scale | 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 | Austria | Klagenfurt | 12 m (39 ft) | 1:25 scale | 46°37′11″N 14°15′52″E | Part of a miniature park[12] | |
Phú sinh cát tường Eiffel Tower | Vietnam | Long An Province | 11 m (36 ft) | 1:30 scale | 10.900408°N 106.461936°E | Part of a miniature park 7 Wonders of the World | |
Meccano model | United States | Atlanta, Georgia | 11 m (36 ft)[13] | 1:30 scale | loc | SciTrek technology museum. No longer exists; museum closed in 2004. | |
Bauru Eiffel Tower | Brazil | Bauru | 10 m (33 ft) (approximately) | 1:30 scale | 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.[14] | |
Montmartre Eiffel Tower | Canada | Montmartre, Saskatchewan | 8.5 m (28 ft) | 1:40 scale | 50.221147°N 103.448703°W | Erected in 2009. Settled by French immigrants, the community calls itself "Paris of the Prairies".[15] | |
Valday Eiffel Tower | Russia | Valday | 8 m (27 feet) | 1:40 scale | 57°58′ N
33°15′ E |
Built in 2018 [16] | |
Dreyfus Eiffel Tower | United States | Austin, Texas | 7.5 m (25 ft) | 1:45 scale | 30.283898°N 97.751773°W | At the Dreyfus Antique Shop | |
Paris, Michigan Eiffel Tower | United States | Paris, Michigan | 7 m (23 ft) (approximately) | 1:50 scale | 43.788287°N 85.500514°W | Situated in a park | |
Santos Dumont Eiffel Tower Replica | Brazil | Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais | 7 m (23 ft) | 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. | |
Eiffel Tower | Russia | Zvenigovo | 3.5 m (11 ft) | 1:100 scale | 55°58′19.056″N 48°0′52.5888″E | Erected in the center of the town's main street. | |
Uman Eiffel Tower | Ukraine | Uman | 3.25 m (11 ft) | 1:100 scale | 48°45′0″N 30°13′10″E | Situated in a central park | |
Eiffel Tower of Nikitin's Gymnasium | Russia | Voronezh | 3.24 m[17] (11 ft) | 1:100 scale | 51.6912261°N 39.1837692°E | Situated in the park of Nikitin's Gymnasium | |
Eiffel Tower | Azerbaijan | Baku | 3 m (10 ft) (approximately) | 1:110 scale | 40.371932°N 49.844419°E | Sahil Shopping Center, at "Parfums de France" shop. |
Replicas of unknown height
- world heritage mini mini, Lake Toba, Indonesia, 10 metres (33 ft) high, carved in soil.
- Restaurant "Anija" in Janjevë, Kosovo has a replica 10 times smaller than the real one on their garden.[18]
- On the roof of the catering company Rungis Express in Meckenheim 50°38′34.13″N 7°01′14.02″E and Satteldorf 49°10′56.0″N 10°04′28.9″E, Germany
- Centerpiece of the Falconcity of Wonders - a planned new development project in Dubai, UAE, featuring seven modern wonders of the world (planned).[19] 25°5′43.8″N 55°20′31.5″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[20]
- 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
- Apach, France, on the border with Germany and near the border with Luxembourg 49°27′59″N 06°22′18″E
- Da Lat, Vietnam. Designed to be used as Viettel telecommunications tower11°56′14.12″N 108°26′18.58″E
- Bloemfontein, South Africa, in an industrial area next to Batho suburb. 29.1467°S 26.2169°E
- Barra World Shopping & Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Model around 2 metres (6.6 ft) high in Breil, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - model about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high outside pet store
- Almaty, Kazakhstan - model, about 10 metres (33 ft) tall, outside French goods store on Furmanov Street.
- Stellenbosch, South Africa - model, about 9 metres (30 ft) tall, inside Dagbreek residence on Victoria Street.
- Paris, Arkansas, at a park situated near the town's center, most likely standing at 25 feet (7.6 m) tall, but not confirmed.
- Pretoria, South Africa - model, about 6 metres (20 ft) tall, inside Boekenhout residence.
- Guadalajara, Mexico - About 20 metres (66 ft) tall, on a church-esplanade, 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.[21]
- Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
- Sainshand, Mongolia. Painted pink, in the town center 44°53′31.52″N 110°8′19.05″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. 39.7633038°N 77.2674908°W
- Queens, New York, on the roof of Paris Suites Hotel. Visible from adjacent Long Island Expressway 40.738297°N 73.85049°W
- Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, Paris motel, on the road from Culiacán to Guamuchil 24.837769°N 107.437894°W
- Eiffel Tower in Beijing World Park, near 39.809333°N 116.281°E [22]
- At Centre Français de Berlin, model about 15 metres tall. 52°33′30″N 13°20′19″E
- Torre de la Libertad, Equatorial Guinea
- A model about 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall outside a crêpe restaurant in Kingston, Washington, USA.
- About 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) tall forged sculpture in the Forged Figures Park in Donetsk, Ukraine. 48.016430°N 37.800898°E
- A replica existed for few weeks in Santa Clara, Cuba, in 1895. [23]
Image gallery
These replicas are of unknown height.
See also:
- Replica of Eiffel Tower on factory building at Satteldorf near Crailsheim, Germany
- The Eiffel Tower shape telecommunications tower in Da Lat, Vietnam
- Replica in Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Wicker tower in Bussières-lès-Belmont, France 47.745918°N 5.551164°E
- Model at Centre Français de Berlin
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