May 13, 2014

China brings the world to its doorstep with scale replicas of famous tourist destinations. Photos courtesy of Reuters.

: A canal flows through the center of the Florentia Village in the district of Wuqing, located on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin June 13, 2012. 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 Coliseum. (REUTERS/David Gray)

: Chinese workers walk past a 1:4 scale mini leaning tower of Pisa in Shanghai, September 7, 2004. The financial hub of Shanghai in eastern China holds a carnival called “Roman Holiday” featuring Italian cluture, architectures, fashion and food from September 10 to October 24. (REUTERS/China Photos)

: 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 on July 16, 2008. (REUTERS/David Gray)

: Workers unload flower pots near a replica of the Arc de Triomphe at Beijing World Park in Fengtai district, one of the three designated ‘protest parks’ in Beijing, on July 25, 2008. (REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV)

: A visitor takes photographs of a replica of the White House at Beijing World Park, one of the three designated “protest parks” in Beijing, on July 25, 2008. (REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV)

: A boy cries near a replica of the United States Capitol building at Beijing World Park, one of three designated “protest parks” in Beijing on July 25, 2008. (REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV)

: A delivery man rides past replicas of Moai statues at a business district in Beijing on May 22, 2013. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

: A car drives on a roundabout with a windmill in the middle in “Holland Village” in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province September 8, 2007. “Holland Village” is a place imitating Holland’s architectural style, it occupies 2.2 square km and cost 7 billion yuan $929 million to build. The village consists of residential housing, gardens and tourist attractions, local media reported. (REUTERS/Stringer)

: A cleaner works in front of a building that makes up the luxurious Chateau Laffitte Hotel, an imitation of the 1650 Château Maisons-Laffitte by the French architect François Mansart, located on the outskirts of Beijing August 20, 2010. (REUTERS/David Gray)

: A visitor takes a photograph of a carved structure, which is a replica of the Karnak Temple in Egypt, at the abandoned Wanguo park in Wuhan, Hubei province on March 12, 2013. (REUTERS/Stringer)

: A farmer tills the field near the replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, March 21, 2014. (REUTERS/Lang Lang)

: A man poses for photographs on a full-scale replica of the Sphinx, that is part of an unfinished theme park that will also accommodate the production of movies, television shows and animation, on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province on May 10, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

: Workers build a pavement outside a replica of the Roman Colosseum at the Fisherman’s Wharf, a local invested entertainment park with a casino, which is under construction at the Outer Harbour area in Macau on October 19, 2005. (REUTERS/Paul Yeung)

: A family walks in the Chinese replica of Austria’s UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, in China’s southern city of Huizhou in Guangdong province on June 1, 2012. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)

: Children pose for pictures at the replica of Austria’s UNESCO heritage site, Hallstatt village, in China’s southern city of Huizhou in Guangdong province on June 1, 2012. Metals and mining company China Minmetals Corporation spent $940 million to build this controversial site and hopes to attract both tourists and property investors alike, according to local newspaper reports. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)

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