Around the World with 35 Famous Lego Monuments and Buildings

October 11, 2009 53 Comments
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Take a moment and have a look at each Lego building and monument below, and then take a step back and think about this: How did they do it? The sheer size, precise detail and the in-depth planning of each creation is mind blowing.

This is Lego architecture at its best, when Lego ceases to be a simple kids toy and becomes a modern day sculpture.

In this post we have collected our favorite Lego buildings and monuments from around the World, built by Lego professionals and passionate aficionados. You will find the obvious buildings, like the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty to lesser known buildings, like the Tower of Belém (our favorite) and the Dome of the Rock. We are sure you will all agree, these buildings are amazing.

Please note that this post was completely updated on the 19th of June, 2011.
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Leaning Tower of Pisa (Europe, Italy)

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The Colosseum (Europe, Italy)

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The Tower of London (Europe, UK)

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Big Ben (Europe, UK)

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Westminster Abbey (Europe, UK)

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The Eiffel Tower (Europe, France)

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The Arc de Triomphe (Europe, France)

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The Acropolis of Athens (Europe, Greece)

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The Parthenon (Europe, Greece)

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Frauenkirche Dresden (Europe, Germany)

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Atomium (Europe, Belgium)

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Tower of Belém (Europe, Portugal)

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The Kremlin (Europe, Russia)

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St. Peter's Cathedral (Europe, Vatican City

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The Great Pyramid of Giza (Africa, Egypt)

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The White House (North America, USA)

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The Statue of Liberty (North America, USA)

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The Empire State Building (North America, USA)

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Flatiron Building (North America, USA)

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Yankee Stadium (North America, USA)

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The Chrysler Building (North America, USA)

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John Hancock Center (North America, USA)

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Detroit Public Library (North America, USA)

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Chichen Itza (Central America, Mexico)

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Rapa Nui National Park (South America, Chile)

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Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida (South America, Brazil)

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Sydney Opera House (Australia)

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Dome of the Rock (Asia, Israel)

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Torii Gates (Asia, Japan)

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Ancient Kyoto (Asia, Japan)

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Hall of Supreme Harmony (Asia, China)

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Macau Tower (Asia, China)

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The Great Wall of China (Asia, China)

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The Taj Mahal (Asia, India)

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Comments and Reactions

  • http://www.funkyinteriors.com Kelly

    God I Love Lego, These are absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing! Might just play with the Lego with the Kids tonight lol, although its usually just me still sat playing after an hour ;)

  • http://www.empfehlenswert-wien.at wien

    cool post, thanks

  • Admin

    I am the exact same, I start playing Lego with the kids and I won’t stop until I have finished the model. By that time the kids have wondered off, very bored!
    Paul.

  • Edison Leon

    Awesome list, just minor correction though, Mexico is not in Central America but in North America.

    • admin

      Are you sure?

  • Edison Leon
  • Admin

    I stand corrected. And I am European, that is my excuse for the mistake! Thanks Edison.
    I am on the phone to my geography teacher right now…

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  • http://3dillusions-3dillusions.blogspot.com/ Angela

    Now you have gone and done it, the kids will never let me on the pc again when they see this lol, thanks:)

  • carl

    The model labeled Westminster Abbey is actually the british parliament building.

  • http://www.tobbis-blog.de Tobbi

    Really great.

  • Tom

    What you claim to be Westmisnter Abbey is actually The Houses of Parliament (or the Westminster Palace as it is less commonly known).

  • http://katherinetaylor.info Katherine Taylor

    i like the globe one, looks really hard to do. :)

  • http://www.tutoriallounge.com Tutorial Lounge

    really awesome collection you sharing. thanks

  • Patrick

    Nice models.

    Tom’s right about Westminster Palace.

    Another correction – it should read St Peter’s Basilica’. St Peter’s is not a cathedral.

  • Eli

    Also, neither the photo nor the lego masterpiece in Russia is the Kremlin. The lego bit looks to be St. Basil’s cathedral, in the Red Square (next to the Kremlin) and the photo is of the history museum, at the other end of the red square.

  • fisharegood

    okay, i know there’s a million things more important and this is really cool and all but the photos you have for the LEGO and original “Kremlin” are neither: The photo of the LEGO building is of St. Vasily’s Cathedral and the other building is the State Historical Museum. Neither of these are part of the Kremlin. Still, loved the photos, especially the Acropolis

  • Evelym Maria

    Good
    =)

  • http://jumpify.co.uk Ben Willis

    Everyones right about Westminster Abbey, the lego model shown is in fact the Houses of Parliament or Palace of Westminster.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster

  • http://jumpify.co.uk Elliott Brooks

    Tut tut tut, Ben…

    Shouldnt you be working? Webmaster tools found your incoming link to jumpify :P

  • Mexican

    Geographically speaking Mexico is in North America. That’s for sure.
    Culturally and Economically speaking you may think is Central or South America, but is not.

  • Beatfienduk

    Israel in Asia?

    Also the Westminster Abbey one is wrong – the model’s of The Palace of Westminster, otherwise known as the UK Houses of Parliament – completey different building as Big Ben is not stuck on the side of the Abbey. Otherwise all cool.

  • hynopio

    For your misinformation Mexico is not located in Central America but in North America, great site though.

  • http://keithneilson.co.uk mandrill

    Another correction, what you’ve labelled as ‘Big Ben’ is actually the Westminster Clock Tower. Big ben is the name of the bell that strikes the hours.

  • dr.sci – fi

    i am amazed this is very kool …

  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Leftty/ Lefturn

    WOW! great work

  • Matt V

    The name of the building labeled Ancient Kyoto is “Kinkaku-ji”

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  • Snipanlol

    This is great stuff! Some of them are thoroughly impressive, and I am amazed how they got it to work. There must be years of effort in these pictures.

    Also – another error in your descriptions: the “Dome of the Rock” is in East Jerusalem, which is not an internationally recognized part of Israel. In your description, just write that it is located in Jerusalem – that no one can dispute and no one will find offensive. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Jerusalem

  • Nathan

    Beautiful buildings! some are just astonishing accurate!

    and about that picture: it’s the most ugly building, but still it’s in Israel. Palestine doesn’t exist…

  • vinícius

    nossa quantos monumentos em legos. deve ter demorado um tempão

  • Warren

    Westminster Abbey does now exist in LEGO :-) We’ve built it in honour of the Royal Wedding and it goes on display at The LEGO Show from Saturday 30th April in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. See http://www.thelegoshow.com for details!

  • Priyaviji666

    Macau TOWER IS LOOKING real. Great talent…………

  • Ghj Ghj

    awesome…………………………………………………………………………………………

  • Sahuanwesha

    each and every monument is just awesome……i am doing my project for sst exhibition in school…but i am confused to prepare which 1….bcoz 1 is better than the other….i’m just confused

  • div

    wonder job, grt

  • Anonymous

    This is so cool !

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JWCAPB5SUB6JJQJZR4ZRPLXUBQ Akhil Wilson

    superb!!!!!!!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JWCAPB5SUB6JJQJZR4ZRPLXUBQ Akhil Wilson

    superb!!!!!!!!!

  • Hunter B12355

    superb

  • Gewra

     amazing

  • Lavios_besotitos

    they are so ugly sorry to be rude but they are

    • Jenny-8roldan

      Can you do that? I dont think so might as well just keep your comments to your self

  • aka

    Mexico is in North America, not Central America.
    Everything is beautiful ^_^

  • http://humanwebsite.com.my Kent

    Where can I buy them?

  • Fionapoulsen

    Although it is not the best of them, I like the Big Ben lego here. It is so cute, it would look better in that yellow. Although, it is not exact – the proportion of the clock is slightly different according to bigbenfacts.

    The Atomium is another of my favourites here.

  • http://just-u-nitepeoplesearch.ws/ Frass

    Great post!

  • Jasmine

    this is awesome! do more like it!

  • Renigus

    OUT OF THIS WORLD!

  • RILEY HOAD

    WOW dudes and girls if there are girls helping but WOW that is so cool how long did it take you and how many pieces of lego did you us WOW WOW WOW WOW 
    WELL DONE GREAT JOB
     

  • Yoc

    wow are a good constructions

  • Jenny-8roldan

    awsome i am doing a project in greece but nothing of greece came out