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they could be tiny away.
They could be larger than light.
But one thing these replicas have in common, they look just like the real thing.
Here is the fascinating world of models, just like our own.
Where can you see the Eiffel Tower, Mont Saint Michelle and the Arc de Triomphe?
Or within a few steps of each other?
France, of course.
Well, miniature France.
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Located two hours outside of Paris miniature France is a theme park made in the image of riel France.
But at 1/30 of the original size, the park is 12 acres in size and features 117 different monuments.
Miniature France was built by a team of 50 model makers and landscape architects, ensuring that each model is an exact replica of its larger counterpart.
To make this hybrid city come to life, they're animated trains cause and planes that move around the region.
And while you might not have time to see all the rial friends has to offer in one day, you can make your way around this park in one afternoon.
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Deep in the suburbs of Moscow in a town called Nova Silky Sergei and his comrades tirelessly work on a pretty unique hobby.
Through years of experimenting and prototyping, they've taught themselves how to build life sized tanks out of a garage all in the name of celebrating Russian history.
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I'm Stephen Kessler also known as Tusk.
I'm a large scale wildlife sculptor.
E found sculpture a little later in life in my late thirties, moving from one career to the other, especially into the art world.
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I don't think I had an option after I started sculpting.
I think my life was going to be it no matter what I did.
E sculptures The whole has inspired me.
I mean, it's 24 hour thing for me.
Sleep just gets in the way almost when I'm out doing day to day things not being here, that's always running through my head.
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Oh, there is definitely a calming with clay.
I usually work 12 hours for three days straight, being able to realize what I want and it quickly.
It just seems like it works together with how I process.
I've been involved with making three life sized giraffes, 40 ft well, shark, four men arrays, and we're working on this 30 ft iguana.
Behind me, The humpback whales took roughly nine months.
The inspiration to do these pieces for the aquarium was because Utah is a landlocked state.
There's a limited number of people that you see these in real life anyways, to be able to be in the same room, feel the size of it.
Hopefully there's an energy to it, hopefully inspire conservation X because of it.
If someone says, Oh, I can't sculpt this, it'll be tried by it.
You know, you never know what's gonna happen.
Open the box of clay, see what's in it.
You know, there might be a humpback whale in the future.
Yeah, Aleppo Citadel, Thea, Ancient city of Palmyra and the no aureus of Hama, all ancient heritage sites and all destroyed in the Syrian wall.
It's a loss not only to Syrians but to the entire world.
And thes refugee artists are finding their own way to rebuild what has been lost.
And then if you still rule here, I mean, it's an even wider Mr Vehicle model.
I'm sure they have been using found materials such as wood, clay and even kabob skewers to make scale models of these historical landmarks.
Their work is a way to preserve Syrian history and educate the world about the conflict.
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The artists say that by making this work, they're drawing attention and giving what they can to the people of Syria.
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