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Amazingly realistic models of the space shuttle, Eiffel Tower, and more from MINIMUNDUS

By // October 1, 2007, 11:22 PM PST // billdetwiler

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  • US Space shuttle and launch pad located at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA

    Based in Klagenfurt Austria, MINIMUNDUS creates amazingly realistic models of famous buildings and structures--like the US space shuttle, Sydney Opera House and Eiffel Tower. Guests to the MINIMUNDUS park can visit 150 famous buildings from five continents. I've tried to identify as many buildings as possible, but I couldn't get them all. Share your favorite by posting a comment to this gallery's discussion.

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  • US Space shuttle model lifting off

    The US space shuttle is one of the many moving models at MINIMUNDUS. Guests can watch it "blast off" every hour.

  • Eiffel Tower located in Paris, France

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  • Arc de Triomphe located in Paris, France

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  • Sydney Opera House located in Sydney Australia - Front

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  • Sydney Opera House - Back

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  • Atomium monument located in Brussels, Belgium

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  • Saint Peter's Basilica and Saint Peter's Square

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  • Tuscan colonnades around Saint Peter's Square

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  • La Sagrada Familia located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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  • La Sagrada Familia - Back

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  • Cliff Palace from Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States

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  • Taj Mahal located in Agra, India

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  • Taj Mahal - close up

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  • Neuschwanstein Castle from southwest Bavaria, Germany

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  • Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope at the Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie

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  • Al Khazneh ("the Treasury") located at Petra in Jordan

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  • The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario

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  • The CN Tower located in Toronto, Ontario - from far away

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  • El Castillo ("The Castle") from Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico

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  • Independence Hall located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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  • The White House located in Washington D.C., USA

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  • The Alamo located in San Antonio, Texas, USA

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  • Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London located in London, England

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  • Byodo-in temple located in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

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  • The Great Wall of China

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  • Imperial Museum at Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, BRAZIL NEW

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  • The Stephansdom in Vienna

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  • Raffles Hotel in Singapore

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  • Schloss Belvedere (Belvedere Palace) in Vienna, Austria

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  • Laxey Wheel in the Isle of Man

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  • Kloster La Varna in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

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  • Castle Ort in Gmunden, Austria

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  • Michelangelo's birth house near Arezzi, Tuscany, Italy

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  • The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy

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  • Abu Simbel in Egypt

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  • Laxey Wheel in the Isle of Man

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  • The Synagogue in Graz, Austria

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  • Rila Monastary in Southwestern Bulgaria

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  • Glendalough, Co. Wicklow Ireland

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  • The Central Library at Mexico City University, Mexico

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  • Prague City Hall

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  • The Suleiman Mosque (Suleymaniye Camii) in Istanbul

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  • The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain

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  • Palazzo Vecchio Tower in Florence, Italy

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  • Wuppertal Monorail in Germany

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US Space shuttle and launch pad located at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA

Based in Klagenfurt Austria, MINIMUNDUS creates amazingly realistic models of famous buildings and structures--like the US space shuttle, Sydney Opera House and Eiffel Tower. Guests to the MINIMUNDUS park can visit 150 famous buildings from five continents. I've tried to identify as many buildings as possible, but I couldn't get them all. Share your favorite by posting a comment to this gallery's discussion.

Compiled by: Bill Detwiler

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Bill Detwiler is Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and Tech Pro Research and the host of Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Prior to joining TechRepublic in 2000, Bill was an IT manager, database administrator, and desktop supp...