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A farmer picks vegetable in front of a copycat of the Eiffel Tower in Hangzhou. [Photo/CFP]

Eiffel Tower replica in Hangzhou

A suburb of Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang province rose to fame overnight after photos highlighting a copycat of the Eiffel Tower was spread online.

The Tianducheng development in Hangzhou started construction in 2007 and was known as a knockoff of Paris with Parisian houses and a scaled replica of the Eiffel Tower standing 108 meters high.

The downsized replication of the Eiffel Tower is surrounded by vegetable fields and residential apartment buildings in Tianducheng.

A construction worker poses for photo with a copycat of the Eiffel Tower in Hangzhou. [Photo/CFP]

A view of the Tianducheng development that is known as a knockoff of Paris with Parisian houses and a scaled replica of the Eiffel Tower standing 108 meters high. [Photo/IC]