France miniature

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France Miniature is a French miniature park in Élancourt ( Yvelines) in the region of Ile- de -France, 25 kilometers west of Paris. The five -acre, opened in 1991 amusement park is currently operated by Grevin & Cie and receives about 200,000 visitors annually.

The site has the outline of a map of France. It is partially surrounded by water basin whose borders are modeled on the shape of the French coasts. Also shown is the island of Corsica. The park runs through a small-sized five kilometers long railway network, on the run 17 model railways. For these SNCF trains such as the TGV high-speed train or express train Corail served as a model.

In between are various, in miniature and relief -scale regions and landscapes to find 140 to-scale models of famous monuments of France, such as the Roman amphitheater of Arles, the fortified church of Mont-Saint -Michel, the castles of Chenonceau, Chambord and Versailles, the Eiffel Tower, the Garabit viaduct, Le Corbusier's church at Ronchamp, the Stade de France, the town of Saint -Tropez and others. The scale of the models is 1:30.