Minimundus is a

miniature park A miniature park is a display of miniature buildings and models, usually as a recreational and tourist attraction open to the public. A miniature park may contain a model of a single city or town, often called a miniature city or model village, o ...

in Klagenfurt in

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. It displays over 150 miniature models of architecture from around the world, built at a ratio of 1:25.

History

Since its opening in 1958, more than 15 million visitors have visited the 26,000 square meters park. The proceeds benefit the children's help organization ''Rettet das Kind'' ("Save the Child"), which owns the park.

Models

A small selection of the models: * St. Stephen's Cathedral *

Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of French Thir ...

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Cathedral of Brasília The Cathedral of Brasília (Portuguese: ''Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília'', "Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília") is the Roman Catholic cathedral serving Brasília, Brazil, and serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of Brasília. It was d ...

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CN Tower The CN Tower () is a communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, it is located in downtown Toronto, built on the former Railway Lands. Its name "CN" referred to Canadian National, the railway co ...

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower ( ; ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed "''La dame de fe ...

* Hochosterwitz Castle in Austria *

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...

Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamle ...

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president ...

Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal ( ; ; ) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his belo ...

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque Baiturrahman Grand Mosque (; Acehnese: ''Meuseujid Raya Baiturrahman'') is a mosque located in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia. The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is a symbol of religion, culture, spirit, strength, struggle, and nationalism of the Acehne ...

Castillo de Coca The Castle of Coca is a castle located in the Coca, Segovia, Coca Municipalities of Spain, municipality, central Spain. The castle was constructed in the 15th century and has been considered to be one of the best examples of Spanish Mudéjar, Mud ...

Atomium The Atomium ( , , ) is a landmark modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the architects André and Jean Pol ...

* Many

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Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

* The

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and its launch pad Most of the models are transportable and are moved to other areas during off-season winter.

Gallery

File:Minimundus126.jpg, Tower of London model File:Minimundus12.jpg, Taj Mahal model File:Minimundus132.jpg, Toronto CN Tower model File:Minimundus42.jpg, Great Wall of China model File:Süleymaniye Mosque in Minimundus.jpg, Süleymaniye Mosque model File:Sydney Opera, Australia, in Austria.jpg, Sydney Opera House model File:Minimundus86.jpg, Cathedral and Leaning Tower at Pisa model File:Minimundus107.jpg, Bang Pa In model File:Sophienkathedrale Miniatur.JPG, Saint Sophia's Cathedral model

References

External links

Minimundus website
{{authority control 1958 establishments in Austria Miniature parks Klagenfurt Amusement parks in Austria Tourist attractions in Carinthia Buildings and structures in Carinthia Amusement parks opened in 1958 20th-century architecture in Austria

History

Models

See also

Gallery

References

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