China City Like Paris
Town built to look just like french capital complete with its own eiffel tower and champs elysées.
China city like paris. You won t believe how much this chinese city looks like paris tianducheng china was built to replicate the city of light from the eiffel tower to minute details such as street lamps and urban. Linked is the concept of paris syndrome when expectations of the city of light don t match reality. Tianducheng or sky capital city is a real estate development modeled after paris complete with its own eiffel tower. Everyone points to china s ghost towns as proof of malaise in china s property sector.
Construction on tianducheng in china s zhejiang district began in 2007. China has built its own fake replica of paris and it s called tianducheng. Tianducheng a miniature paris near hangzhou has an eiffel tower over 300 feet high and a replica of a fountain from the luxemburg gardens in a main square called champs elysées but it also has a driver in a top hat and tails who drives a horse and buggy to. It was meant to be a luxurious gated community resembling paris in every way possible.
This mini paris has its own eiffel tower copies of parisian parks and architectur. Taking counterfeiting to a whole new level. There are several places in china in which the architectural styles of european countries. Development on this paris replica in china began in 2007 but local media say it is a ghost town now.
Tianducheng development designed to look just like the french capital. The highlight of the town is its 354 foot replica of the eiffel tower but plenty of paris other landmarks have been faithfully recreated here.