Additional: List of Other Eiffel Towers Flashcards

Additional flashcards for Art & Music

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Lyon, France: “The Metallic Tower of Fourvière”

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Built: 1892-1894

Height: 101 meters

Note: Article falsely claims it was built 3 years before the Eiffel Tower

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Paris, Texas, USA

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Built: 1993

Height: 20 meters

Note: Features a distinctive Cowboy hat on top, possibly included to beat a similar Indiana tower

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Blackpool, England

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Built: 1894

Height: 158 meters

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Las Vegas, USA

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Height: Approximately half the size of the original (around 115 meters)

Location: Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, next to replicas of the Arc de Triomphe and Louvre

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Tianducheng, China

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Height: 108 meters

Note: A small town designed to replicate parts of Paris, functioning as a tourist city

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Tokyo, Japan: “Tokyo Tower”

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Height: 333 meters

Note: Taller than the original Eiffel Tower, second tallest structure in Japan

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Slobozia, Romania:

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Height: 60 meters

Note: Commissioned by a Romanian billionaire, standing in a field

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Sydney, Australia: “AWA Tower”

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Built: 1939

Height: 46 meters above a 55-meter, 15-storey building

Note: Functions as a radio transmission tower

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Lahore, Pakistan

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Height: 80 meters

Note: Constructed as a focal point for a housing estate

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Filiatria, Greece: “Little Paris”

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Height: 26 meters

Note: The Eiffel tower replica is a main attraction in this small Greek town

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