Pisa tower replicas in Thailand
A list and pictures of replicas of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Thailand, by decreasing size. Thanks to a friend for drone pictures.
The original for size and leaning comparison:
source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Tower_of_Pisa.jpg
Toscana Piazza (Nakhon Ratchasima, Khao Yai)
This one is about 65 m high, a bit taller than the original 56 m.
The ground is not level, giving an optical illusion that the tower is leaning when you are nearby. From further away, you expect it to be leaning and you see it leaning. However, the following drone picture perpendicular looking down, tower in center, shows it is completely straight.
Here pictures that give the impression the tower is leaning:
source: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-385739789/stock-photo-khao-yai%2C-nakhon-ratchasima%2C-thailand-april-14%2C-2019-%3A-toscana-piazza-is-inspired-by-the-leaning-t
source: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/leaning-tower-pisa-khao-yai-thailand-750977026
Terminal 21 in Pattaya
And probably other Terminal 21 elsewhere in Thailand.
Mini Siam in Pattaya
source: https://depositphotos.com/editorial/cathedral-group-of-pisa-and-tower-of-pisa-in-mini-siam-park-193111756.html
Pranburi in Prachuap Khiri Khan province
I don't know which business this replica is related to. Next to hwy4 at 12.3941, 99.9183.
Vespa Ayutthaya
Belongs to Vespa (Italian scooter) sales office in Ayutthaya. 14.3496, 100.6041.
These are all I know of. There might be more. There is none in Wat Tha Chedi วัดท่าเจดีย์ in Suphanburi (but Big Ben and Eiffel Tower), Siam Venezia = The Venezia in Hua Hin, Palio Khao Yai, Venice Di Iris = Venice Shopping Plaza in Bangkok, or Euro Park in Phnom Penh (but Eiffel Tower and Sydney Opera House). There use to be The Rome Restaurant on Phetkasem at 13.7072, 100.3595, long demolished and now empty plot of land, but some 360 degree view remain on google maps and show a part of facade of colisseum? Big Ben and Eiffel Tower replicas warrant a separate post once I have finished my research.
Update: There is one in Window on China Theme Park in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Pisa Tower is one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, and in several theme parks in India: Seven Wonders Park in Ajmer, Waste to Wonder Park in Delhi, possibly in Waste to Wonder Gurgaon. Window on World Theme Park (Taoyuan Taiwan), Window of the World (Changsha China).
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