There are more than 8,000 terracotta warrior statues in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, who was the first emperor of China from the Qin Dynasty, between 210 and 209 BC. c.
However, beyond this collection, there is a replica hidden among the Catalan forests. Specifically, in the natural area of Sant Llorenç del Munt.
These works of the Qin Shi Huang mausoleum began to be built when the emperor ascended the throne, in the year 246 BC. C., when he was only thirteen years old.
In fact, this governor is also credited with the achievement of ordering the construction of the first version of the Great Wall of China.
According to the memoirs of an ancient historian known as Sima Qian, nearly 700,000 workers were recruited to build all the terracotta sculptures. With all this staff, in just under 40 years the 8,000 sculptures would have been sculpted.
Curiously, the figures in this mausoleum were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers who were doing some work to improve their water supply. Barely 13 years later, this Chinese archaeological complex would be listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
However, replicas of these sculptures can be found all over the world. In this series of photographs by Narcís Serrat shared in The Photos of the Readers of La Vanguardia, we can appreciate one that is located in the municipality of Sant Llorenç del Munt.
"A real surprise between the Mura and Talamanca: on a hill you can see this exact replica of a soldier from the Xi'an army. It is a reproduction that has the same dimensions as the originals, a fantastic contrast," says the author of the snapshots.
