Mini-Europe - Brussels, Belgium
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Mini-Europe is a park with more than 350 miniature models of monuments from the 27 Member States of European Union
Waymark Code: WMAPWT
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date Posted: 02/09/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lee-2
Views: 38

Mini-Europe is a park located in Bruparck at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has the reproductions of the most attractive monuments in the European Union on show, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented.

Austria
* Melk Abbey

Belgium
* Grand Place / City Hall, Brussels
* The Belfry, Bruges
* Town Hall, Leuven
* Castle of Vêves, Celles
* Citadel and Notre-Dame Church, Dinant
* Berlaymont building, Brussels
* Graslei street and the Rabot, Ghent
* Alden Biesen Castle, Rijkhoven
* Main square of Antwerp (City Hall, Brabo statue, guild houses)
* Curtius House, Liège

Bulgaria
* Rila Monastery, Rila Mountain, part of UNESCO World Heritage

Cyprus
* Ancient Greek theatre, Kourion

Czech Republic
* Prague Orloj

Denmark
* Viking ring fort
* Nyhavn waterfront, Copenhagen
* Børsen (old stock exchange), Copenhagen

Estonia
* Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret's Tower, Tallinn

Finland
* St. Olaf's Castle, Savonlinna

France
* Eiffel Tower, Paris
* Arc de Triomphe, Paris
* Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, Paris
* Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
* Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
* Clos Vougeot, near Dijon
* Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley
* Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans

Germany
* Speyer Cathedral
* Burg Eltz
* Holstentor, Burgtor and Salzspeicher, Lübeck
* Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Wall, Berlin
* Bonngasse (street) with Beethoven's birth house, Bonn
* Wies Pilgrimage Church
* Porta Nigra, Trier
* Osthofentor, Soest

Greece
* Acropolis, Athens
* Traditional village, Santorini

Hungary
* Széchenyi Bath

Ireland
* Glendalough monastery, County Wicklow
* Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary
* Gallarus Oratory, County Kerry

Italy
* Piazza dei Miracoli (Leaning Tower, Duomo, Baptistry), Pisa
* Doge's Palace and St Mark's Campanile, Venice
* Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
* Villa Capra (La Rotonda), Vicenza
* Trulli of Alberobello
* Mount Vesuvius

Latvia
* Freedom Monument, Riga

Lithuania
* Vilnius University campus, Vilnius

Luxembourg
* Adolphe Bridge, Luxembourg City

Malta
* Mnajdra temple

Netherlands
* Mint Tower and Montelbaan Tower, Amsterdam
* Town Hall, Maastricht
* Hoensbroek Castle, Hoensbroek
* Church and houses, Ootmarsum
* Abbey and Kloveniersdoelen, Middelburg
* Museum village of Orvelte
* Weigh House and Tax Tower, Alkmaar
* Windmills, Kinderdijk
* Hoofdtoren and Oude Doelenkade street, Hoorn
* Town Hall, Veere

Poland
* Artus Court, Gdansk
* Monument to Fallen Shipyard Workers, Gdansk

Portugal
* Belém Tower, Lisbon
* Castle of Guimarães
* Ribeira, Porto
* Traditional village of the Algarve
* Oceanarium, Lisbon

Romania
* Mogosoaia Palace, near Bucharest

Slovakia
* The Blue Church in Bratislava

Slovenia
* Prešeren Square with Tromostovje in Ljubljana

Spain
* Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
* El Escorial
* Plaza de Toros, Seville
* Christopher Columbus monument, Barcelona
* Landscape with windmills, La Mancha

Sweden
* City Hall, Stockholm

United Kingdom
* Houses of Parliament / Big Ben, London
* Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's birth house, Anne Hathaway's cottage, etc.)
* Longleat House, Wiltshire
* Royal Crescent and Circus, Bath
* Dover Castle
* Arlington Row, Bibury

Other
* Ariane 5
* Pride of Dover ferry
* An airport
* A Ferris wheel
* A North Sea oil platform
* TGV train
* Calypso (Jacques Cousteau's ship)

from wikipedia (visit link)
Where is original located?: European Union

Where is this replica located?: Mini-Europe - Brussels, Belgium

Who created the original?: Several diferente people

Internet Link about Original: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-Europe

Year Original was Created (approx. ok): It varies

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