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At first glance you might think that the picture that brings together two of the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris "fabricated" Or you are blurred vision, but it is far from that, it is 100% true.. How?

The Champs-de-Mars square, adjacent to the Eiffel Tower, witnessed a replica of the famous landmark in the French capital, 10 times smaller than the original.

He said the innovator of the version that was named "Evilla" Philip Mendron told AFP "Idea to build the Eiffel Tower on a 1/10 scale" You crossed his mind "seven years ago".

The copy is 33 meters long and weighs 32 tons. Its parts were assembled in the Vendet region, about 400 km from Paris.

And the Capital Municipality published on Twitter a picture showing the small and large towers, which I attached to a comment inspired by the spirit of the date of April 1, the day of jokes and pranks, in which it said: "Rest assured, you are seeing clearly".

newspaper indicated "Le Parisien" The copy is scheduled to remain on site until April 10.

But the idea of ​​building a replica of the Eiffel Tower was not well received by some visitors and residents. According to the French agency.

The reactions of visitors to the place varied, as the retired Parisian Dominique Dimitrov saw the idea "so cute"And they offer a visit "Two Eiffel Towers for the price of one"while the 35-year-old tourist Frédéric Loubouti noticed that the small tower "An exact copy of his older brother".

On social networks, a group criticized "Friends of Chan de Mars" This initiative, saying in a tweet on Twitter that "Most of the city’s residents simply want to stroll in the beautiful parks" surrounding the tower.

The official Eiffel Tower account reported Saturday "a lie" On the occasion of the first of April that "The highest sled in the world will be installed from the first of July! at the top of" The tower, which was completed 134 years ago, with a computer-generated video explaining the alleged project.

But it was clear from a sign with fish painted on it (a symbol of prank day), that it was nothing more than a joke.

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