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The Eiffel Tower… in China

Two tourists kiss in front of the Eiffel tower. LIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images

The original is on Paris’s Champ de Mars. The replica can be found on the Las Vegas strip.

It now appears that the Eiffel Tower has a third home: a development area in Zhejian Province, China, just south of Shanghai.

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A knockoff of the famous French tower stands at 108 metres and is surrounded by Parisian houses.

The Tianducheng area, where the replica is located, is considered by many to be a ghost town, given its light population concentration.

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