Reuters' photographer Aly Song captures a knock-off Paris in Tianducheng, China. Developed by Zhejiang Guangsha Co. Ltd., construction in Tianducheng began in
2007
with a scaled replica of the Eiffel Tower standing at 108 metres (354
ft) and Parisian houses.
Although designed to accommodate at least ten thousand people, Tianducheng remains sparsely populated and is now considered a "ghost town", according to local media.
Although designed to accommodate at least ten thousand people, Tianducheng remains sparsely populated and is now considered a "ghost town", according to local media.
Paris,
A worker pushes a wheelbarrow at a construction site in Tianducheng, a residential area on the outskirts of Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, 1 September 2007.
A farmer's house is seen near a replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 1 August 2013.
A man rides a motorcycle past a replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 1 August 2013.
Workers 'shower at a construction site in Tianducheng, a residential area on the outskirts of Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Provinge, 1 September 2007.
A farmer walks through a field in the shadow of a replica of the Eiffel Tower.
Workers fix the bricks on the pathway at Tianducheng, 1 September 2007.
An aerial view of Tianducheng.
A boy sits in front of a fountain at Tianducheng.
A resident stands on the balcony of his apartment at the Tianducheng development.
A man rides a motorcycle past a replica of the Eiffel Tower.
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