China firm once spent â¹6,000cr to replicate Austrian village
A Chinese mining firm spent an estimated â¹6,000 crore ($940 million) to create an exact replica of Hallstatt village in Austria, as a high-end housing development. Hallstatt, which is a UNESCO-protected architecture, was recreated in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong in 2012. The Chinese development includes a replica of Hallstatt's church clock tower and European style wooden houses.