Eiffel Tower (Filiatra) in Pyrgos

Better than the one in Paris

Spotted on the way back from Olympia its a cute little spot to take a picture and pretend you are in lovely Paris.

Good stop for a photo.

epicness

This is the real Eiffel tower, located in Filiatra!Nice for having some photos during the night.

The best Eiffel tower in the world. Certainly the best in Greece.

For fun

Very impressive construction!

Might be smaller than the original, but hey, it is open 24/7 whereas in Paris it closes at 10:30PM

To see the eifeltower from greece

Amazing miniature.

Quite a novelty, a small version of the one in Paris Unfortunately no access to go to the top

Just Perfect

Well, whilst I wouldnt make a massive detour to see it, it is nevertheless rather impressive. We passed by the tower during the day however we could see that it is lined with lights and so it will certainly look more impressive at night.

Always a pleasure seeing this tower 🤩

sth like Paris !!!!!! great structure for a provincial town

Absolutely magnificent. I climbed the Eiffel tower

Nice Eiffel Tower smaller than real but really nice.As I saw closer is made by metal and pipes connected with flanges.Also there is welding points.Children love to climb but must be done with care.Nice entrance to the Filiatra.

Very nice

Little bit of a let down really .The gardens have been neglectedIts a bit weird (just not right)but you can see they are trying to cheer up a bit of a dull place.

Very beautiful ❤️ place

we where scummed by a tourist agency, and instead of Paris they brought us there, BE CAREFULL. However good people and lovely village

Nothing special, if you are on the road , you can stop to see this..

Cute..

It really looks like the real one but in mini size from the pictures

Eiffel tower (Pariswho? I only know Eiffel tower (Filiatra)!😂

So beautiful and romantic:)

So funny! We run into a bicker from Athens but did not get his name! If you see us!The tower is about 15 meters hight, not so detailed,

300m shorter than the real deal but still fun to take some photos and mess with your friends.There is no entrance fee so whats the harm?

Well maintained and a nice photo opportunity :-)

Nice... 😀

Filiatra, driving through town and came across this Eiffel Tower like structure at the town entrance. Due to this replica, the town is often called “the little Paris”. Peloponnese, Greece #Filiatra #EiffelTower #Peloponnese #Greece

Best Eiffel Tower outside of Paris...

small stop on the road for the photo... Nothing much.

Just a nice clean spot across the coffee shop.

Its a scale model of the real Eiffel Tower, located in the village of Filiatra in Messinia, Peloponnese. It was created by Harry Fournarakis, a local who migrated to the USA. After having achieved a great career as surgeon in the USA, returned to village and decorated it with various artistic creations like this one, so that he could honor his birthplace.

Oh Mon Dieu!:The most memorable “Stop the Car!” moment of our road trip through Messenia happened while we were driving through the small town of Filiatra, en route from Marathopoli to Kyparissia.As the car moved along the clean, tidy streets, passing attractive stone houses and some cute small homes, we were chatting about where we might want to stay if we ever had an opportunity to spend all or part of a year in Greece. I remember commenting that Filiatra looked like a nice, comfortable and quiet place that might be suitable — based on what we were seeing through the car windows, at least.Then we turned a corner and saw an Eiffel Tower looming up ahead.“What the … Is that what I think it is?” I blurted. “Pull over! We’ve got to check this out!”henever we’re on the road in Greece, we see a lot of surprising, interesting and exciting sights. However, most of the time it’s jaw-dropping scenery that suddenly pops into view, a picturesque church in the middle of nowhere, a crumbling castle or a beautiful old building, or a herd of sheep or goats gathered on the highway. We’ve seen plenty of unusual sights, too, but never anything like an Eiffel Tower — and we certainly weren’t expecting to see one on this particular morning. (It had not been mentioned in any of the travel materials I had read before our holiday.)But there it was, rising from a landscaped parkette near the northern entrance to Filiatra on Highway 9.We parked the car and got out for a few minutes to take photos, but it wasn’t until we were back home that I was able to do some online searching to find out why the town has a replica of the iconic Eiffel Tower.Information was rather sparse or roughly translated in the sources I discovered, but most said the replica was the creation of Harry Fournier, (originally named Haris Fournarakis), who had grown up in the area but later moved to the USA to practise medicine as a surgeon. After a successful career in the States, Fournier returned to Filiatra and put his artistic talents to work, sculpting his mini Eiffel Tower in the 1960s. (He also built a fairytale castle in the nearby village of Agrili.)Fournier’s creation isn’t a true replica, however, since its design differs in a few major details. As an article on the Wonders of the World points out, Fournier used light grey metal to construct the tower, which he shaped “a little too long.” Fournier also placed the second floor of his tower too low, compared to the original, and changed the shape of the third floor. But to a tourist driving by, Fournier’s version looks like a convincing, shorter copy of the real thing (his stands 26 meters, while the Paris landmark soars over 300 meters high)

This one of the greatest small suprises you can have.

Good for the town of Filiatra.Only there was an old lady from her house patio saying something and waving her hand to step away.Either for the kid on the side of the tower or me taking the picture on the grass.Go figure.

La petit Pari in some way😉.Just shoot up a photo and go.

The most famous landmark of Filiatra. Eiffel tower in a small scale

Worth paying a visit! An Eiffel tower out of nowhere!

So strange to see Eiffel Tower in a small Greek village...

Ok

Take a picture on the small Eiffel tower. 😎👍

A funny and small replica of the original Eiffel tower located in a small Greek village in southern Greece. Definitely not a monument or a place of interest! You may stop and take some photos just to travel yourself in Paris #NOT

Nice smaller scale replica of the Parisian landmark attraction.

Instantly travelled me to Paris

Funny monument, a replica of the Eifell tower, but a smaller one, at the Filiatra village.

Nothing special, just a small imitation of the original.