The Eiffel tower and its look-alikes

Visitors wave the Indian and French flags after the inauguration of an Eiffel Tower replica at Nicco Park, an amusement park in Kolkata. The 110 feet tall replica made of some 30 metric tonnes of steel took three months to construct. (AFP photo)

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Visitors wave the Indian and French flags after the inauguration of an Eiffel Tower replica at Nicco Park, an amusement park in Kolkata. The 110 feet tall replica made of some 30 metric tonnes of steel took three months to construct. (AFP photo)

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This is a picture of the 'Parisian House of Fashion' in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (AFP photo)

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A girl looks at an eight-meter Eiffel Tower replica given by France's ambassador to Honduras to Tegucigalpa's Mayor Ricardo Alvarez in Tegucigalpa. (AFP photo)

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A replica model representing France's Eiffel Tower stands at Europe Park in Torrejon de Ardoz near Madrid. (AFP photo)

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It is a picture of the Lyon metal tower located on the Fourviere hill. (AFP photo)

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A picture shows a model of the French 'Tour Eiffel' in the Moroccan city of Fes. The municipality of Fes is building the replica of the world famous Eiffel tower to 'symbolise' the friendship between France and Morocco. (AFP photo)

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This is a replica of the Effel Tower in Tianducheng, a luxury real estate development located in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province. (AFP photo)

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A girl looks at an eight-meter Eiffel Tower replica given by France's ambassador to Honduras to Tegucigalpa's Mayor Ricardo Alvarez in Tegucigalpa. (AFP photo)

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The Eiffel tower is seen on a foggy night in Paris. The tower was completed in 1889 and it's current total height is 324 meters. (AFP photo)

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A replica model representing France's Eiffel Tower stands at Europe Park in Torrejon de Ardoz near Madrid. (AFP photo)

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This picture shows a tower resembling Paris's Eiffel Tower in Brisbane.(AFP photo)

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A view of the Tower of the Reformer in Guatemala City. It is a 71.85 meter-high (235.73 feet) tower built in galvanized iron, which basic structure is a replica of the Eiffel Tower. (AFP photo)

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The 540-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower is framed by the replica of the Arc de Triomphe(L) at the new $785 million Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. The new hotel-casino, which has 2,916 rooms and is 34 stories tall, officially opens 01 September 1999. (AFP photo)

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The Dong Wu Tower lights up in the ancient city of Suzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu province, a special light creation by French designer Patrick Ferenczi. (AFP photo)

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A merry-go-round modeled on Paris' Eiffel Tower is seen outside an upmarket shopping mall in Shanghai. (AFP photo)