by CNNGo staff
The Taj Mahal, one of the world's most famous and magnificent monuments, is to be copied then massively enlarged in Dubai. Online reaction to the plan is far from positive, with many comments claiming the project is disrespectful, lacks originality and a waste of money.
At “three to four times” the size of the original in Agra, India, what has been dubbed the “Taj Arabia” will function as a five-star hotel rather than an emperor’s heartfelt expression of love to his deceased wife, with 300 rooms and serviced apartments in adjacent buildings.
The US$1 billion project slated to complete in 2014 “will be ideal for wedding guests,” Arun Mehra, chairman of the Link Global Group, sub-developers of the project, told Gulfnews.com.
“We want to create an atmosphere which bonds family members.”
The souped-up Taj will be part of the massive 400-hectare Falconcity of Wonders Project, a residential, tourism and recreation destination that boasts to be “the most astonishing place on earth” and will also include a replica Eiffel Tower, Great Pyramid, Tower of Pisa, leaning, one might assume, perhaps even more than the original, Great Wall of China and the entire “Town of Venice.”
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